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1、GUIDELINESONNUTRITIONLABELLINGCAC/GL2-1985PURPOSEOFTHEGUIDELINESToensurethatnutritionlabellingiseffective:?Inprovidingtheconsumerwithinformationaboutafoodsothatawisechoiceoffoodcanbemade;?inprovidingameansforconveyinginformationofthenutrientcontentofafoodonthelabel;?inencouraging
2、theuseofsoundnutritionprinciplesintheformulationoffoodswhichwouldbenefitpublichealth;?inprovidingtheopportunitytoincludesupplementarynutritioninformationonthelabel.Toensurethatnutritionlabellingdoesnotdescribeaproductorpresentinformationaboutitwhichisinanywayfalse,misleading,dece
3、ptiveorinsignificantinanymanner.Toensurethatnonutritionclaimismadewithoutnutritionlabelling.PRINCIPLESFORNUTRITIONLABELLINGA.Nutrientdeclaration–Informationsuppliedshouldbeforthepurposeofprovidingconsumerswithasuitableprofileofnutrientscontainedinthefoodandconsideredtobeofnutriti
4、onalimportance.Theinformationshouldnotleadconsumerstobelievethatthereisexactquantitativeknowledgeofwhatindividualsshouldeatinordertomaintainhealth,butrathertoconveyanunderstandingofthequantityofnutrientscontainedintheproduct.Amoreexactquantitativedelineationforindividualsisnotval
5、idbecausethereisnomeaningfulwayinwhichknowledgeaboutindividualrequirementscanbeusedinlabelling.B.Supplementarynutritioninformation–Thecontentofsupplementarynutritioninformationwillvaryfromonecountrytoanotherandwithinanycountryfromonetargetpopulationgrouptoanotheraccordingtotheedu
6、cationalpolicyofthecountryandtheneedsofthetargetgroups.C.Nutritionlabelling–Nutritionlabellingshouldnotdeliberatelyimplythatafoodwhichcarriessuchlabellinghasnecessarilyanynutritionaladvantageoverafoodwhichisnotsolabelled.1.SCOPE1.1Theseguidelinesrecommendproceduresforthenutrition
7、labellingoffoods.1.2Theseguidelinesapplytothenutritionlabellingofallfoods.Forfoodsforspecialdietaryuses,moredetailedprovisionsmaybedeveloped.2.DEFINITIONSForthepurposeoftheseguidelines:2.1Nutritionlabellingisadescriptionintendedtoinformtheconsumerofnutritionalpropertiesofafood.2.
8、2Nutritionlabellingconsistsoftwocomponen