Tyrrell A, Rugg-Gunn A
Dental School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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During the past 10 years there has been considerable discussion about nutrition labelling of foodstuffs. In the United Kingdom, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published several proposals for guidelines and regulations. The European Community has more recently considered this subject and has issued their proposals for draft directives. There is now considerable agreement between the UK guidelines on nutrition labelling published in 1987 and EC proposals which are under discussion. Compulsory nutrition labelling is unlikely in the immediate future, except when a nutrition claim is made, when labelling is to be compulsory and must conform to one of several specified formats. In contrast, many consumer groups believe that nutrition labelling should be compulsory for all packaged foods. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food intends to control nutrition claims, such as claims of 'high' or 'low' levels of various nutrients, and definitions of these nutrient levels have been proposed for discussion. Whether to label foods according to 'total' or 'added' sugars content, or both, is also under discussion.
在过去十年里，关于食品营养标签的讨论颇多。在英国，农业、渔业和食品部已发布了多项关于指南和法规的提案。欧洲共同体最近也审议了这一主题，并发布了指令草案提案。目前，1987年英国发布的营养标签指南与正在讨论的欧共体提案之间已达成了相当程度的共识。在不久的将来，强制营养标签不太可能实施，除非提出营养声明，此时标签必须强制实施且必须符合几种指定格式之一。相比之下，许多消费者团体认为，所有包装食品都应强制标注营养标签。农业、渔业和食品部打算对营养声明进行管控，比如各种营养素“高”或“低”含量的声明，并且已经提出了这些营养素水平的定义以供讨论。食品是按照“总”糖含量还是“添加”糖含量，或者两者都标注，也在讨论之中。
