Food Labeling on Ready to Eat Convenience Foods in Jaipur City
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Nutrition - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Food safety is a major concern nowadays, for making food choices. The aim of the study was to examine the food labels and their compliance with the food labeling laws by Codex Alimentarius. A total of 884 ready to eat convenience food products from eight grocery outlets were surveyed and information present on food labels was compared against Codex guidelines to check the compliance of food labeling laws. According to Codex Alimentarius all prepackaged food should have following mandatory food label information on the products that are name, address, date, origin, ingredient, additives and health claim. It was concluded that in all the products, maximum products had the name visible (91.06%), with logo present (89.14%), and the addresses of the manufacturer (88.57%) on them. Out of the above stated 4 pre packaged food products, the information regarding labeling, address of the manufacturer and origin of country were 100% declared. On the other hand the entire ready to eat meals and snacks displayed the address of manufacturer according to Codex Alimentarius Standard. Maximum products displayed information regarding address of manufacturer, logo, visible product name, vegetarian/non-vegetarian, net content. This suggests that compliance of all food labeling laws by Codex Alimentarius Commission was not found to be satisfactory. The compliance of Indian packaged foods with food labeling requirements is sub-optimal.
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Arpana Indoria
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