Articles Tagged with ''labeling requirements''

A new poll shows that nearly 60% of Americans have had a discussion within their household about the meaning of date labels on their food.

Decernis LLC, Washington, D.C., formed a new partnership with Label bank Co. Ltd., Japan, to bridge the gap between consumers and businesses with in-depth knowledge of food labeling.

In a new industry-wide effort to reduce consumer confusion about product date labels, grocery manufacturers and retailers have joined together to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products.

Nearly 70% of respondents agree that throwing away food after the package date has passed reduces the odds of foodborne illness, according to a study produced by SQL Server Reporting Services, a server-based report generating software system from Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash.

More than half of American adults (56%) actively seek out nutritional information and guidelines on food labels, according to a report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer outlines how physical activity calorie equivalent labels could impact the industry.

The new research examined whether consumers prefer goods produced by global/multi-national brands (defined as those that operate in many markets) or by local players (those operating only in a single market—the respondent's home country), based on responses from more than 30,000 online respondents in 61 countries spanning 40 categories.