Labeling Policy

In 1977, The Food and Drug Administration initiated a warning label policy in light of inconclnsive evidence that the sweetener might cause cancer in high doses. Their increased application in food and drink products has given a new impetus to develop fast and accmate methods for their determination. 

An example and model for enlightened labelling policy is the US labelling for cholestyramine (Anon., 1995a). This is based on the results of the Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial (LRC CPPT) (1984), and includes estimates of drug efficacy at four different dosing levels ... 

Labeling (Policy) For purposes of compliance with Food Chemicals Codex monographs, labeling means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) on any article or any of its containers or wrappers or (2) accompanying such article, or otherwise provided by vendors to purchasers for... 

Few of the studies we reviewed accurately could be labeled policy assessments, though most contain elements thereof or illustrate techniques or approaches that could be used in policy assessments. Policy assessments can be classified along two dimensions the time perspective taken (prospective vs. retrospective) and the valuation framework employed (formal cost/benefit vs. various measures of success). The following table illustrates the classification scheme and places the studies reviewed within that scheme. 

The first thing that someone actively involved in labeling policy, design, education or research must realize is that the objective label shown to consumers or workers so as to affect their behavior is not necessarily the label they perceive. The external sensory stimuli of the label—e.g., shape, color, design, size—are cognitively organized by the reader as representations of these exter-... 

The Hazard Commimication Standard reqirires each facility to conduct a hazard assessment for each chenucal in the workplace, maintain an inventory of chemicals in the workplace, retain MSDSs for each chemical in the workplace, properly label each chemical according to a uniform labeling policy, train each employee to understand the MSDSs, product labels, and Hazard Communication Standard, and develop a written program that explains how the Hazard Communication Standard is to be implemented at the facility. 

USDA-FSIS (United States Department of Agriculture/Food Safety and Inspection Service). (2005). Food standards and labeling policy book. Washington, DC USDA-FSIS, 201 pp. Available from http //www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/larc/Policies/Labeling Policy Book 082005.pdf. Accessed 04.01.14. 

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