“The new amendments will require manufacturers to include information regarding product calories and nutrition in quantifiable forms, using the unit of measurement that is used to quantify the product itself,” added the FDA. vitamins A, B, C, E, calcium and iron.”įor products high in nutrients which the agency hopes to reduce public consumption of such as saturated fats and sugar, manufacturers need to label these as ‘consume in moderate/suitable amounts’, whereas others containing high amounts of vitamin A and calcium need to label these as ‘possible to be consumed in supplementary amounts’. regarding calories, saturated fats, cholesterol, sugar nutrients and minerals which consumers might lack e.g. “ preventing the overconsumption of nutrients and minerals which would lead to public health issues e.g. “As such, new amendments have been added to the draft regulations to define nutritional claims and vocabulary usage, which will serve to disallow the usage of hidden or implied messaging that a product has nutritional or caloric benefits that it does not in fact possess.
“One of the main objectives of these amendments are to ensure compliance that nutritional labelling and claims are suitable such that consumers will obtain appropriate amounts of nutrition, as it is important that the phrasing and vocabulary used on the product labelling is accurate,” said the FDA via its formal statement.
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a list or proposed amendments to be made to regulations governing all packaged foods in the country, under the purview of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
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