新たな食品表示制度の経緯と課題

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Food labeling is essential to consumers. Therefore, it is vital that the rules are easy to understand. As the needs of the consumer increases, obligation items for food labeling increase every year. However, as the number of small families increases, the displayable area becomes smaller, and the character size of the display must be kept small. Consequently, this is difficult to understand for aging consumers. The relationship between the size of characters on display and the number of obligation display items is crucial. In the future, matters necessary for ensuring safety (allergens, preservation methods, etc.) should be displayed with the highest priority. Other display items should be decided by introducing the concept of priority order. Displays that are easy for consumers to understand relate not only to the size of the items, but also to fonts, arrangements, contrasts, etc. Therefore, scientific research in this field is necessary.