What more can the FSA do?

Question

The latest attempt by the Food Standards Agency to help people to eat healthily has been slammed by campaigners as being unworkable.

It is claimed that 47% of UK adults have such a poor understanding of percentages that they would be unable to use the new system.

The system is described on the link below, but no example of the label has been illustrated on the website. An example was however, shown in the PAPER copy of today's Independent:

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2124254.ece

The new labelling system would show the amount of salt, fat etc contained in the product, how much that is as a percentage of your guideline daily amount.

If that wasn't enough, it's colour coded too - red, amber and green (as in the traffic lights).

Am I alone in thinking that rather than 47% of UK adults being incapable of using the system, 47% just don't care enough about their health to bother?

Answer 1

we have a similiar system here in Canada, it's new and it seems to be working really well. I'm thankful we can now see exactly what's in what we're eating and the nutritional value. It's easy to use and great if you're trying to watch what you eat.