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Laura Shumow, National Confectioners Association. Presented at the 2013 conference
In spring 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama called upon the food industry to create a front-of-pack (fop) label that could be easily understood by busy shoppers. Meanwhile, consumer activist groups and influential academics have been pushing for warning labels on indulgent food products. Internationally, there has been significant interest and action on front-of-package labeling as well.The UK has moved towards a traffic light symbol and very recently Chile issued a proposed regulation requiring a stop sign-shaped fop symbol on products that exceed certain nutrient thresholds for calories, sugars, saturated fat and sodium
