CHINA TO IMPOSE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL ON PREPACKED FOODS

BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI A new Chinese food information regulation in force from January 1 (2013) should change Chinese consumer behaviour, encouraging the purchase of healthier foods, a government health expert has told just-food. Part of a government programme to improve safety in an industry rocked by a series of contamination scandals, the Chinese ministry of health (MOH) published the new law on August 13. It says prepackaged foods sold in China must carry nutrition fact sheets on labels, stating calories plus protein, fat, carbohydrate and sodium ...


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