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UFS-Labelling-Guide

05 Aug Useful SA food labelling guide

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Unilever Food Solutions' new, easy-to-use Food Labelling Ingredients and Legislation Guide provides the answers to many questions that frequently come up in the food and food service industries about nutritional values, labelling and legislation issues.

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UFS-Labelling-Guide

05 Aug Useful SA food labelling guide

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Unilever Food Solutions' new, easy-to-use Food Labelling Ingredients and Legislation Guide provides the answers to many questions that frequently come up in the food and food service industries about nutritional values, labelling and legislation issues.

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Phase 2 labelling regulations

30 May Draft “Phase 2” labelling regulations published

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As many will already know, the draft Phase 2 of SA's labelling and advertising regulations descended from government printer cyberspace on May 29 in the form of R429. What's up now?

Nigel Sunley, one of SA's foremost labelling and regulatory experts, offers cogent insights...

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Phase 2 labelling regulations

30 May Draft “Phase 2” labelling regulations published

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As many will already know, the draft Phase 2 of SA's labelling and advertising regulations descended from government printer cyberspace on May 29 in the form of R429. What's up now?

Nigel Sunley, one of SA's foremost labelling and regulatory experts, offers cogent insights...

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Nutrition label

27 Jan US: FDA revising the 20-year-old food nutrition labels

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With new knowledge about nutrition and more evidence that people actually consult the labels of food packages, the US FDA is finally giving the 20-year-old American nutrition label an update. A process that's been ten years in the making, new guidelines for the...

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07 Nov US: Cargill to change beef labelling in wake of ‘pink slime’ furore

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Cargill labellingCargill , one of the world's largest beef processors, will begin labelling when its finely textured beef is used in the making of its US ground beef products....

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Gluten-free-standard

14 Aug US: FDA establishes definition of ‘gluten-free’ for food labels

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After years of waiting, the US FDA has released new rules defining exactly what "gluten-free" on a food label means. The standardised definition will help the three million American who have celiac disease, along with millions more who follow a gluten-free diet...

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Labelling regs

24 Jul New labelling regs: a wrap of R146 a year on

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In March 2012, SA's new R146 food labelling regulations came into force and although not without controversy, the changes were largely welcomed by consumers and retailers alike. More than a year later, however, non-compliance remains an issue. Many manufacturers and smaller...

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Traffic light labels

20 Jun UK prepares for traffic light labelling scheme

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All Britain's main supermarkets have pledged strong support to the new national front-of-pack labelling scheme which aims to offer consumers clear and consistent nutritional information on the food they buy. Leading food manufacturers are less enthusiastic and are boycotting the voluntary scheme.

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Organic labels

03 Apr Consumers overestimate benefits of organic foods

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Consumers see a lot of value in organic foods and new research has found that those shoppers are willing to pay a great deal more for that value....

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16 Feb About the Nutrient Profile Calculator for health claims

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The NPM Calculator, which is basically a software application, will likely be used in South Africa to determine whether a food product may make any kind of health claim on its label....

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Nigel Sunley

06 Feb SA’s food labelling regs – what comes now?

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Well, here we are with our new R146 Labelling and Advertising Regulations having been part of our lives since March 1, 2012. No, the sky has not fallen, but an awful lot of work has been done by a great many people and companies to...

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Nigel Sunley

06 Feb SA’s food labelling regs – what comes now?

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Well, here we are with our new R146 Labelling and Advertising Regulations having been part of our lives since March 1, 2012. No, the sky has not fallen, but an awful lot of work has been done by a great many people and companies to...

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09 Nov UK food labelling: Consistent system to start next year

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A consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling will be introduced in the UK next year, as the government attempts to curb growing rates of obesity. The scheme will be voluntary, but government is confident they have the food industry on board....

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Ivo Vegter

18 Oct Rethinking the costly food label madness

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It is expensive to analyse food to comply with mandatory food labelling laws. Expensive, and in many cases, entirely superfluous. Voluntary labelling achieves most of the same benefits, but at a significantly lower cost of implementation and compliance policing. Cheaper food sounds like smart policy,...

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IQF chicken

13 Sep DoH on warpath over mislabelled IQF chicken

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Such is the level of non-compliance with legally-correct labelling of "Individually Quick Frozen (IQF)" chicken products sold across the country, the Dept of Health has found it necessary to issue a statement warning consumers that they are being duped in many instances, and that it...

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23 Aug UK: Tesco finally introduces ‘traffic light’ food label system

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traffic-light labelsTesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, will introduce a ‘traffic light’ food labelling system after finally bowing to pressure from shoppers....

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Religous signs

02 Aug Legal spat over religious signs on food labels

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Muslim and Jewish organisations have said they will oppose an application by a Christian group in which it is challenging the government’s regulations allowing a wide range of food packaging to be religiously certified and to carry religious signs....

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Molluscs

05 Jul UN strengthens regulations on melamine, seafood, melons, dried figs and labelling

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Codex, the UN food standards body has agreed on new regulations - including the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula for babies - to protect the health of consumers across the world. Other measures adopted include new food safety standards on seafood,...

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Cornflakes

14 Jun How California’s GM food referendum may change what America eats

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Last month, nearly 1m signatures were delivered to county registrars throughout California calling for a referendum on the labelling of genetically engineered foods. If the measure, "The Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food...

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