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“South Africa's national health department recently invited public comment on regulations for warning labels on food packaging. The regulations specify how pre-packaged food should be labelled. Broadly speaking, ‘front-of-pack' labels provide information about the overall nutritional quality of foods and beverages.
The aim is to allow consumers to