Would improved food labelling requirements empower consumers to ‘fix’ the food system? Labelling is a ‘weak’ lever but it is also ‘the lowest common denominator’ to drive change, FoodNavigator hears.

Belgium academics have unveiled a new environmental labelling system that enables easy recognition of the degree of environmental sustainability of food and beverages at point of sale. The label, ...

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has published a technical proposal for harmonised waste sorting labels on EU ...

Marijuana product labels fail to capture “the chemical reality” of what people smoke, a University of Colorado study has concluded after analyzing 90,000 samples offered for sale in six states. The ...

If you’ve ever read a food label and come away feeling more confused, you’re not alone. Since 2014, Australian shoppers have relied on the Health Star Rating scheme to help them choose which foods to ...

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration explores front-of-package nutrition labeling to help American consumers make healthier eating choices, a new University of Massachusetts Amherst study finds ...

Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, researchers say. Plastic pollution is a growing global problem, with an increasingly ...

Labels are placed on goods to confirm both their authenticity and the legality of their origin. In the past, a small number of goods were subject to labelling in Russia, including alcohol and tobacco ...

Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The UN secretary-general António Guterres recently called for a ban on fossil fuel adverts. However, industry bodies ...