New York Times- Food Association Plans a Package-Front Label Showing Nutritional Data
In effect to the pressure of food regulators major food manufactures said they would develope a food labeling system that on front of the packaging highlights the nutritional facts such as: calories, unhealthy fats and sodium that many consumers want to limit. The Grocery Manufacturers Association said the labeling system would be introduced next year. The food and drug administration is developing guidelines for what will be on the front of packages. The labeling on the front of packages would inform and alert many consumers of the less-healthy products in packaged foods. A report from the Institute of Medicine called for the labels to show calories, saturated fat, Trans fat and sodium. Calories saturated fat, trans fat and sodium is the major health problems of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The F.D.A statement said that their hope is to help consumers buy and shop for foods that will lead to a healthy diet.
This article will inform consumers on the nutritional products in the foods they are buying. The purpose of this article was to tell the readers that the guidelines on putting labels on the front would help them lead to a healthier diet. Also, showing the consumers the calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium of the front of the label might make the consumer think twice before buying the food knowing that these four nutritional standards are the major cause of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
I think that having the nutritional standards highlighted on the front, or having better access to them rather than them hidden on the back of the package is a great idea. Consumers should really like this too knowing that the four main nutritional standards that they always look for will be on the front. Businesses’ packaging the food should not have a problem putting the nutritional label on front on the package if it would be beneficiary to its consumers by leading them to a healthier diet.
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