Focus Area 3.5 People-centered nutrition knowledge, education and information
Sub-focus Area 3.5.1 Utilizing policies and tools to provide education and information on healthy diets and sustainable food systems
Recommendation Number: 3.5.1.e
Governments should promote and support science and evidence-based food and nutrition labelling, including considering diverse science and evidence-based [front-of-pack labelling] FOPL schemes, (which could include interpretive and informative labelling(*1)), to support healthy diets. Food labelling should include safeguards for the identification and management of potential conflicts of interest and be aligned with national public health and nutrition policies and food regulations. The objective of nutrition labelling, is to allow consumers to identify the amount of nutrients in products correctly. Interpretive labelling including FOPL, should allow consumers to quickly and easily identify nutrients in the interest of public health.
The identified documents have been grouped into four categories: UN evidence-informed documents, UN normative guidance documents, UN operational/technical guidance documents and other documents that have been published by non-UN bodies.