Information on Food Labels
           Information on Food Labels
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         Nutrition Information on Food Labels:
         Nutrition Information on Food Labels:
                       Nutrition Label
                       Nutrition Label
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        Nutrition Information on Food Labels:
        Nutrition Information on Food Labels:
                      Nutrition Claim
                      Nutrition Claim
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                       Background: 
                       Background: 
             The International Scene
              The International Scene
          More and more countries/regions have impl
            emented nutrition labelling scheme.
          Some developed countries have implemente
            d mandatory nutrition labelling scheme.
          Some other countries require the application 
            of nutrition label when a nutrition claim is ma
            de for a food.
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                       Background: 
                       Background: 
              Situation in Hong Kong
              Situation in Hong Kong
     Before we have our legislation specific for n
         utrition labelling and claims:
      Only some products present nutrition labels.
      No objective standards specifying the levels of 
         nutritional content to be met when making nutri
         tion claims.
      Products with the same claim may have very di
         fferent nutritional content.
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