Cover -- Innovations in food labelling -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction to innovations in food labelling -- 1.1 Introduction: the evolution of food labelling -- 1.2 Standards and legal issues -- 1.3 Labelling to protect and promote health -- 1.4 Labelling to protect the environment and promote sustainable food production -- 1.5 Labelling to promote social well-being and protect culture -- 1.6 Labelling in relation to new technologies -- 2 The Codex Alimentarius and Food Labelling: delivering consumer protection -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Codex framework for food labelling -- 2.3 Specific food labelling issues in the Codex general standard -- 2.4 Claims and other interpretative guidelines -- 2.5 Nutrition labelling: health and nutrition claims -- 2.6 Labelling, food safety and allergens -- 2.7 Foods derived from biotechnology -- 2.8 Codex, labelling and advertising -- 2.9 Conclusions -- 2.10 References -- 3 International legal frameworks for food labelling and consumer rights -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 International human rights law -- 3.3 Consumer protection -- 3.4 International trade agreements -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 3.6 Acknowledgement -- 3.7 References -- 4 Government and voluntary policies on nutrition labelling: a global overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Nutrition facts tables -- 4.3 Graphical nutrition labelling -- 4.4 Trends -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 4.6 References -- 5 Labelling of allergenic foods of concern in Europe -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Drivers behind the development of specific EU allergen labelling legislation -- 5.3 Exemptions for certain processed ingredients derived from the specified allergenic foods -- 5.4 Other allergen information that manufacturers can choose to put on food packaging -- 5.5 Possible legislative developments in the future, including foods sold non-prepacked.

5.6 Foods sold as 'free from' -- 5.7 Conclusions -- 5.8 References -- 6 Organic food labels: history and latest trends -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Organic agriculture definition -- 6.3 From alternative movement to international and national legislation -- 6.4 From niche to mainstream market -- 6.5 Main normative frame -- 6.6 Codex Alimentarius organic norm -- 6.7 International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) organic norms -- 6.8 Private standards -- 6.9 European Union organic regulation -- 6.10 United States organic rules (National Organic Program) -- 6.11 Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) of Organic Agricultural Products -- 6.12 International Task Force for organic regulations harmonization and equivalence -- 6.13 References -- 7 FAO's ecolabelling guidelines for marine capture fisheries: an international standard -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Why ecolabelling -- 7.3 History of the FAO ecolabelling guidelines for fish and fishery products -- 7.4 The development of the FAO ecolabelling guidelines -- 7.5 Conclusions -- 7.6 References -- 8 Voluntary environmental and social labels in the food sector -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Background: environmental and social issues in agriculture -- 8.3 Main environmental and social labelling schemes in agriculture -- 8.4 Fair trade -- 8.5 Main markets for labelled foods -- 8.6 Benefits and costs for producers -- 8.7 Case study: organic bananas -- 8.8 Case study: fairtrade-labelled coffee -- 8.9 Conclusions -- 8.10 References -- 9 Geographic origin and identification labels: associating food quality with location -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Labels on quality linked to geographical origin: rules and diversity in the international context -- 9.3 The reasons for the development of geographical indications -- 9.4 Setting up a GI label, a two-level approach -- 9.5 Conclusions -- 9.6 Acknowledgements.

9.7 References -- 10 New technologies and food labelling: the controversy over labelling of foods derived from genetically modified crops -- 10.1 Agricultural biotechnology and consumers -- 10.2 Policy options -- 10.3 Commercial experiences with labelling -- 10.4 Conclusions -- 10.5 References -- Index.