Korea proposes Revision of the “Labelling standard and method for relative comparison of Sodium content”

Title of document
Proposed Revision of the “Labelling standard and method for relative comparison of Sodium content” (12 page(s), in Korean)

Description
The main proposed amendments of the “Labelling standard and method for relative comparison of Sodium content” is as the following: - The sodium content should be displayed in eight sections, separated by color, based on the Nutrient Reference Value(NRV) of 2,000mg - The sections with a sodium content of less than 2,000mg should be coloured yellow and those with a sodium content of more than 2,000mg should be coloured red - The font size should be indicated by at least 6 points

Notifying member: Korea, Republic of

Notification: G/TBT/N/KOR/807

Objective tag
Consumer information, labelling

Objective
Providing better information to consumers, promotion of public health

Documents

• 19_0143_00_x.pdf

Agency responsible
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Timing:

• Submission: 07/01/2019
• Reception: 07/01/2019
• Distribution: 08/01/2019
• Final date for comments: 09/03/2019
• Proposed date of adoption: N/A