Survey on the nutrition labeling of prepackaged foods in Henan Province
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(Public Health College of Zhengzhou University,Henan Zhengzhou 450001,China)

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    To understand the current status of nutrition labeling, nutrition claims and nutrition function claims on prepackaged foods in Henan Province.Methods Photographs of prepackaged foods was taken and input to the database. The compliance check was performed and analyzed by SPSS. Results The 1 031 prepackaged foods from 9 categories were investigated. 970 prepackaged foods had nutrition label and the rate was 94.08%. 49 prepackaged foods were labeled with nutrition claims and the rate was 4.75%. Nutrition claims were focused on calcium, iron, zinc and vitamin.Conclusion Most of the prepackaged foods in Henan Province were labeled according to the standard. The labeling rate had increased, but the label was not accurate and normative. The supervision and inspection of nutrition labeling should be enhanced.

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CHAO Feng, ZHANG Shu-fang, YE Bing, ZHANG Ding. Survey on the nutrition labeling of prepackaged foods in Henan Province[J].中国食品卫生杂志,2015,27(4):437-440.

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