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Nutrition Labeling of Foods: A Global Perspective

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently undertaking an extensive reevaluation and revision of nutrition labeling requirements for FDA-regulated foods.1 The primary driving force for these revisions is the consensus reached by the scientific community on diet and health relationships, but many other issues are contributory. The implementation of bilateral and multilateral trade and other agreements over the years has resulted in increased interest in and efforts by the U.S. government to include global perspectives among the many factors to be considered when nutrition labeling positions are evaluated. This article specifically focuses on international nutrition labeling comparisons by briefly outlining the FDA's recent proposals and the Canadian, European Community, and Codex positions on nutrition labeling. These comparisons were developed for the bilateral technical working group on Packaging and Labelling of Agricultural, Food, Beverage and Certain Related Goods for Human Consumption that was established as part of Canada-U.S. Trade Commission activities.