Lights go green at the FSA: Dame Deirdre Hutton tells James Durston why the FSA wants a traffic light system.(Food and health debate)

From: Grocer | Date: November 19, 2005| Author: Durston, James | Copyright information

The debate over traffic light signposting to help consumers quickly assess the nutritional value of foods was reignited this week as the Food Standards Agency announced its recommendation to industry.

After lengthy consumer research, a multiple traffic light system has been proposed that will show whether a food contains high, medium or low levels of fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt.

The system emerged as the FSA favourite against three other formats--single...

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