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1、CAC/GL 2 Page 1 of 7 CODEX GUIDELINES ON NUTRITION LABELLING CAC/GL 2-1985 (Rev. 1 - 1993) 1 PURPOSE OF THE GUIDELINES To ensure that nutrition labelling is effective: in providing the consumer with information about a food so that a wise choice of food can be made; in providing a means for conveyin
2、g information of the nutrient content of a food on the label; in encouraging the use of sound nutrition principles in the formulation of foods which would benefit public health; in providing the opportunity to include supplementary nutrition information on the label. To ensure that nutrition labelli
3、ng does not describe a product or present information about it which is in any way false, misleading, deceptive or insignificant in any manner. To ensure that no nutritional claims are made without nutrition labelling. PRINCIPLES FOR NUTRITION LABELLING A. Nutrient declaration - Information supplied
4、 should be for the purpose of providing consumers with a suitable profile of nutrients contained in the food and considered to be of nutritional importance. The information should not lead consumers to believe that there is exact quantitative knowledge of what individuals should eat in order to main
5、tain health, but rather to convey an understanding of the quantity of nutrients contained in the product. A more exact quantitative delineation for individuals is not valid because there is no meaningful way in which knowledge about individual requirements can be used in labelling. B. Supplementary
6、nutrition information - The content of supplementary nutrition information will vary from one country to another and within any country from one target population group to another according to the educational policy of the country and the needs of the target groups. C. Nutrition labelling - Nutritio
7、n labelling should not deliberately imply that a food which carries such labelling has necessarily any nutritional advantage over a food which is not so labelled. 1 The Codex Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling were adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its 16th Session, 1985. The Nutrient R
8、eference Values for Food Labelling Purposes in Section 3.4.4 were amended by the 20th Session of the Commission, 1993. They have been sent to all Member Nations and Associate Members of FAO and WHO as an advisory text, and it is for individual governments to decide what use they wish to make of the
9、Guidelines. CAC/GL 2 Page 2 of 7 CAC/GL 2 Page 3 of 7 1. SCOPE 1.1 These guidelines recommend procedures for the nutrition labelling of foods. 1.2 These guidelines apply to the nutrition labelling of all foods. For foods for special dietary uses, more detailed provisions may be developed. 2. DEFINIT
10、IONS For the purpose of these guidelines: 2.1 Nutrition labelling is a description intended to inform the consumer of nutritional properties of a food. 2.2 Nutrition labelling consists of two components: (a) nutrient declaration; (b) supplementary nutrition information. 2.3 Nutrition declaration mea
11、ns a standardized statement or listing of the nutrient content of a food. 2.4 Nutrition claim means any representation which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular nutritional properties including but not limited to the energy value and to the content of protein, fat and carbohydrate
12、s, as well as the content of vitamins and minerals. The following do not constitute nutrition claims: (a) the mention of substances in the list of ingredients; (b) the mention of nutrients as a mandatory part of nutrition labelling; (c) quantitative or qualitative declaration of certain nutrients or
13、 ingredients on the label if required by national legislation. 2.5 Nutrient means any substance normally consumed as a constituent of food: (a) which provides energy; or (b) which is needed for growth, development and maintenance of life; or (c) a deficit of which will cause characteristic bio-chemi
14、cal or physiological changes to occur. 2.6 Sugars means all mono-saccharides and di-saccharides present in food. 2.7 Dietary fibre means edible plant and animal material not hydrolysed by the endogenous enzymes of the human digestive tract as determined by the agreed upon method. 2.8 Polyunsaturated
15、 fatty acids means fatty acids with cis-cis methylene interrupted double bonds. CAC/GL 2 Page 4 of 7 3. NUTRIENT DECLARATION 3.1 Application of nutrient declaration 3.1.1 Nutrient declaration should be mandatory for foods for which nutrition claims, as defined in Section 2.4, are made. 3.1.2 Nutrien
16、t declaration should be voluntary for all other foods. 3.2 Listing of nutrients 3.2.1 Where nutrient declaration is applied, the declaration of the following should be mandatory: 3.2.1.1 Energy value; and 3.2.1.2 The amounts of protein, available carbohydrate (i.e., carbohydrate excluding dietary fibre) and fat; and 3.2.1.3 The amount of any other nutrient for which a nutrition claim is made; and 3.2.1.4 The amount of any other nutrient considered to b
