Premium
IGD food labelling initiatives on food allergens and food safety
Author(s) -
Gatenby Sue
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1046/j.1467-3010.2000.00082.x
Subject(s) - labelling , food labelling , food safety , business , food allergens , environmental health , distribution (mathematics) , medicine , food allergy , immunology , biology , allergy , pathology , biochemistry , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Summary An Institute of Grocery Distribution initiative on food labelling has recently addressed two areas of public concern – the presence of allergens in foods and general food safety. Voluntary Guidelines on Labelling, developed by cross‐sector working groups in these areas, have recently been published and are briefly summarised in this paper.