Advances in Food and Beverage Labelling

<ul> <li>List of contributors </li> <li>Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition </li> <li>Preface </li> <li>Part One: General trends in regulation and enforcement of food labelling <ul> <li>1: The EU food information for consumers regulation <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>1.1 Introduction </li> <li>1.2 General requirements and responsibilities </li> <li>1.3 Mandatory food information </li> <li>1.4 Distance selling </li> <li>1.5 Future trends </li></ul></li> <li>2: Current regulation of food and beverage labelling in the USA <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>2.1 Introduction </li> <li>2.2 Regulatory oversight of labelling between government bodies </li> <li>2.3 The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics (FD&C) Act and The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act </li> <li>2.4 The main labelling requirements according to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act </li> <li>2.5 Allergen labelling </li> <li>2.6 Net quantity of contents </li> <li>2.7 Date marking and the uniform open dating regulations </li> <li>2.8 Country of origin </li> <li>2.9 Distance selling </li> <li>2.10 The future of US food labels? </li> <li>2.11 Sources of further information and advice </li></ul></li> <li>3: Enforcement of food and beverage labelling legislation: enforcement bodies and relevant legislation in the UK <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>3.1 Introduction </li> <li>3.2 The enforcement jigsaw: local government food authorities </li> <li>3.3 Wider responsibilities of local food regulators </li> <li>3.4 National and regional coordination of local authority enforcement </li> <li>3.5 National arrangements for consumer complaints about food and beverage labelling </li> <li>3.6 Outline of relevant legislation relating to food and beverage labelling </li> <li>3.7 Future trends </li></ul></li> <li>4: Enforcement of food and beverage labelling legislation: enforcement policies and codes in the UK <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>4.1 Introduction </li> <li>4.2 Enforcement policies relating to food and beverage labelling </li> <li>4.3 Local approaches to enforcement </li> <li>4.4 The implications of a failure to meet legal obligations relating to food and beverage labelling </li> <li>4.5 Future trends </li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Part Two: Trends in labelling relating to nutrition and health <ul> <li>5: Nutrition and related labelling of foods and beverages: the case of the USA <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>5.1 Introduction </li> <li>5.2 Nutrition labelling: general requirements </li> <li>5.3 Formats for nutrition labels </li> <li>5.4 Nutrition labelling in restaurants and for alcoholic beverages </li> <li>5.5 Voluntary labelling statements: nutrient content claims </li> <li>5.6 Voluntary labelling statements: health claims </li> <li>5.7 Voluntary labelling statements: organic controls, GM labelling and claims </li> <li>5.8 Voluntary labelling statements: gluten-free and “natural” claims </li> <li>5.9 Future trends </li></ul></li> <li>6: Health claims on food and beverage labels: comparing approaches in the EU and the USA <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>6.1 Introduction </li> <li>6.2 Regulation of health and health-related claims in the EU </li> <li>6.3 Regulation of health and health-related claims in the US </li> <li>6.4 Summary, conclusions and future trends </li></ul></li> <li>7: Front-of-pack (FOP) labelling of foods and beverages <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>7.1 Introduction </li> <li>7.2 Development of FOP labels </li> <li>7.3 Impact of FOP labelling </li> <li>7.4 Future trends and developments </li> <li>Acknowledgements </li></ul></li> <li>8: Consumer interpretation of nutrition and other information on food and beverage labels <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>8.1 Introduction </li> <li>8.2 Consumer perception and use of front-of-package information </li> <li>8.3 Consumers ability and motivation to process health-related information from food packages </li> <li>8.4 Consumer understanding of health-related information </li> <li>8.5 Future trends </li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Part Three: Trends in labelling relating to other aspects of food quality <ul> <li>9: Ethical and environmental labelling of foods and beverages <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>9.1 Introduction </li> <li>9.2 Defining ethical labelling </li> <li>9.3 Defining environmental labelling </li> <li>9.4 Control of labelling schemes </li> <li>9.5 The motivation behind consumer purchasing choices </li> <li>9.6 A review of global environmental and ethical schemes </li> <li>9.7 A review of industry labels and schemes </li> <li>9.8 Economics of the main labelling schemes </li> <li>9.9 Summary </li> <li>9.10 Future trends </li></ul></li> <li>10: Labelling of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in foods and beverages <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>10.1 Introduction </li> <li>10.2 Genetic modification (GM) in food production: an overview </li> <li>10.3 European approval processes </li> <li>10.4 European regulation of GM food and feed </li> <li>10.5 GM labelling: principles and regulatory requirements </li> <li>10.6 Consumer expectations of GM labelling </li> <li>10.7 Future trends </li> <li>Websites </li></ul></li> <li>11: Smart labelling of foods and beverages <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>11.1 Introduction </li> <li>11.2 Labelling to detect changes in temperature </li> <li>11.3 Labelling to monitor freshness </li> <li>11.4 Labelling to detect changes in oxygen concentration </li> <li>11.5 Labelling to detect changes in carbon dioxide concentration </li> <li>11.6 The use of electronic technology to develop smart labelling </li> <li>11.7 Conclusions and future trends </li></ul></li> <li>12: Labelling relating to natural ingredients and additives <ul> <li>Abstract </li> <li>12.1 Introduction </li> <li>12.2 Clean label definitions </li> <li>12.3 Clean label and the consumer </li> <li>12.4 Clean label/Natural/Free from </li> <li>12.5 Clean label challenges </li> <li>12.6 Clean label ingredients </li> <li>12.7 Future trends </li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Index </li></ul>