A Guide to Food Labelling and Advertisements

    Publication of　Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority, Singapore

　　February 2010

    Content　　Page

　　Introduction 3

　　General Labelling Requirements 4

　　Additional Labelling Requirements 7

　　Date-marking of expiry date 7

　　Foods containing artificial sweetening agents 8

　　Special purpose foods such as sugar-free foods, low-calorie foods, diabetic foods, infants’ food and formula 9

　　Nutrition labelling 11

　　Specific labelling requirements for individual food categories 13

　　Warning statements 14

    Use of Nutrition Claims, Vitamins　and Minerals Claims and Health Claims　16

　　Nutrition claims 16

　　Vitamins and minerals claims 16

　　Health claims 19

　　i） Nutrient function claims 19

　　ii） Application for use of nutrient specific diet-related health claims　24

　　Application for new health claims 28

　　Method of Analysis 29

　　Contacts 30

　　Appendix I

　　Types of health claims as defined under the “Codex Guidelines for Use of Nutrition and Health Claims”　31

　　Appendix II

　　Checklist for food labels and　advertisements 33

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