Consumer groups call for international definition and labeling of added sugars

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IACFO response to Codex Added Sugar Circular Letter

The International Association of Consumer Food Organizations, founded by the CSPI, the Japan Offspring Fund, and the Food Commission UK, wrote a comment to Codex, a component of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization that develops international food-safety and labeling standards. In our comment, we urged Codex to define added sugars and mandate the disclosure of added sugars information on food packages.

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