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WorksheetsCHAPTER 7 FOOD LABELLING
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What are food labels designed to do for consumers?
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There are many pieces of information that are MANDATORY on food labels - what does this mean?
(a)
Which year did Food labelling of nutritional information become MANDATORY (Law)?
(a)
There are several laws and regulations that have to be followed when food manufacturers produce food labels. Can you remember the name of any of the two agencies that are responsible for overseeing and enforcing food labelling in relation to food safety?
(a)
The UK Government says that food labels should be:
Easy to read
Permanent
Easily visible - the font must not be too small
Not misleading - the product inside must like it does on the picture on the front of packaging
This is given to help the consumer identify what the food product is?
Weight or volume
Storage instruction
The name of the food product
Cooking instructions
How does the list of ingredients on food labelling have to appear?
as a %
The smallest amount of an ingredient first and the largest last
The largest amount of an ingredient first and the smallest amount last
The list of ingredients does not have to appear on food labels by law
The definition of the best before date that has to appear on food labels by law is?
This is a date relating to high risk/perishable foods which are high in moisture and protein. These types of foods should be eaten by this date, if consumed after this date the food may not look different but will be unsafe to eat and could cause food poisoning, foods such as meat, fish, cheese, eggs etc
After this date, a non high risk food will still be safe to eat, but may not be at its best quality, these are dry foods such as biscuits, pasta, cereals. They may go stale and the appearance, texture and taste maybe affected if consumed after the best before date
By law food labels must show if the food contains a known allergen (an ingredient that may give some people an allergic reaction) How must this appear on a food label
Small font
Italic font
Bold font
Underlined font
Which of the following pieces of information must appear on food labelling by law?
Nutritional information
The weight or volume of a product
Storage and cooking instructions
Contact details of the food products manufacturer, distributor or retailer
When taking into consideration the simple design of the nutritional traffic light label, which informs consumers about how much fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt products contain. What colour is the traffic light label if it contains a high amount of these nutrients?
(a)
