Food Labeling Regulations

The cluster discusses regulations, transparency, and issues with food product labeling, including nutrition facts, ingredients lists, allergens, and preventing misleading claims like 'no nuts' with trace warnings.

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beefield • Aug 24, 2023 • View on HN

I would propose a regulation that if a food package somehow mentions there is not something (sugar, fat, artificial sweeteners etc) in the food, but the food contains some other element of the same list, the thing that is contained should be mentioned with at least as visible labeling than the one that is missing.

bluelightning2k • Jun 28, 2024 • View on HN

Doesn't this incentivise them to deliberately add allergens, so they can keep them on the label

Glide • Apr 29, 2009 • View on HN

I think he might be referring to the existence of labels on food products. Some countries might not have labels listing ingredients on processed food products.

mcs_ • Aug 23, 2023 • View on HN

Am I the only one associating this with actual Nutrition labelling?

colordrops • Jun 16, 2016 • View on HN

This is a straw man. No one said "warning" label. I said "label", just like ingredients are labeled.

standardUser • Nov 28, 2022 • View on HN

Fine by me, but for the love of god, label it. Label everything. Stop bending to the will of every shady food manufacturer and give some transparency to the human beings actually consuming these substances.

JustSomeNobody • Nov 14, 2022 • View on HN

Nutrition Facts Labels for ToS agreements would be nice.

JoeAltmaier • Nov 10, 2014 • View on HN

There's a difference between "didn't check the label" and "can't check the label because the info isn't on it".

r00fus • Oct 31, 2017 • View on HN

Nutrion labels - would you consider them harmful? I see them as a net positive.

satyrnein • Jun 18, 2020 • View on HN

Nutritional info is legally required, and you cannot legally misrepresent it, doesn't that make it legally binding?