FSA Board agrees single approach to front-of-pack nutrition labelling 14 Mar 2010

At an open meeting held in Cardiff the Food Standards Agency's Board agreed to the implementation of a single approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling that will best help consumers make healthier choices when they buy food. The FSA states that Food businesses will be advised to use the three elements, traffic light colours, text (high medium or low) and percentage Guidelines Daily Amounts (%GDAs) which have been found by independent research to help UK consumers interprets nutritional information. The Board's recommendation clearly signals that the Food Standards Agency does not support FOP labels using only % GDAs, but that % GDAs should be combined with either traffic light colours or text, and should ideally have all three elements.