SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT’S HEALTHY EATING DRIVE SPELLS CHANGES FOR NUTRITION LABELLING
April 1st, 2016
South Korea’s food industry will have to follow new government labelling guidelines – part of Seoul’s strategy to encourage healthier eating by consumers. Under the rules released by the ministry of health and welfare (MOHW)on Monday (April 11), nutrition labelling on food packaging, manufacturers of snacks, processed foods and beverages will be required to display the sum of all monosaccharides and disaccharides in products. A starting date for the rule has not yet been announced.
This new requirement will be complemented by amendments to current ...
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