Obesity problem causes Chile's food industry to act

Chilealimentos, the association for the Chilean food industry, has announced a new voluntary labelling system that will replicate the Guide of Daily Amounts (GDA) system used in the EU.

1 Jul 2008

The new labelling policy is part of a wider program named 'Chile Grows Healthily' that is designed to stem a massive rise in obesity.

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