What S on the Label?

What’s on the label?

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Q1 a) front of pack labelling Which of these must appear on food labels by law? b) list of ingredients (including additives and allergens) c) serving suggestions Q2 a) price What information is compulsory on all pre-packed foods b) bar codes from December 2016? c) nutrition information Q3 a) ascending order of weight In which order are all of the ingredients of a product b) descending order of weight listed? c) alphabetical order Q4 a) 12 Within the European Union how many common b) 14 allergens in foods need to be emphasised in the c) 16 ingredients list? Q5 a) frozen food There are two different date marks that appear on food b) perishable food e.g. milk, red meat, fish. labels. Which foods carry the ‘use by’ date mark? c) canned food Q6 There are two different date marks that appear on a) frozen, dried and canned foods food labels. Which foods carry the ‘best before’ date b) fresh dairy products mark? c) perishable food e.g. red meat, fish. Q7 a) POD, PGI and TSG The label must display clearly where the food has come b) PDO, PGI and TSG from. What are the 3 EU systems that are used to c) PDO, PIG and TSG promote and protect regional food products? Q8 a) Beef and pork Which meat does The Farm Quality Assurance Scheme b) Lamb and pork in Northern Ireland cover? c) Beef and lamb Q9 a) Energy (both in kJ and kcal); Fat; Compulsory back of pack nutrition labelling on pre- Saturates; Carbohydrates; Sugars; Protein; packed food must list the nutrients in a certain order – Salt which? b) Energy (both in kJ and kcal); Fat; Saturates; Sugars; Carbohydrates; Protein; Salt c) Energy (both in kJ and kcal); Carbohydrates; Sugars; Protein; Fat; Saturates; Salt Q10 a) a pie chart with red, amber green colour Most of the major supermarkets and many food coding manufacturers voluntarily display nutritional b) red, amber, green colour coding and information on the front of pre-packaged food and percentage Reference Intakes drinks. What is the government’s recommended format? c) a black and white list with percentage Reference Intakes What’s on the label?

Q1 a) front of pack labelling

© Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland 2016 Which of these must appear on food labels by b) list of ingredients (including additives and law? allergens) c) serving suggestions Q2 a) price What information is compulsory on all pre- b) bar codes packed foods from December 2016? c) nutrition information Q3 a) ascending order of weight In which order are all of the ingredients of a b) descending order of weight product listed? c) alphabetical order Q4 a) 12 Within the European Union how many common b) 14 allergens in foods need to be emphasised in the c) 16 ingredients list? Q5 a) frozen food There are two different date marks that appear on b) perishable food e.g. milk, red meat, fish food labels. Which foods carry the ‘use by’ date c) canned food mark?

Q6 There are two different date marks that appear a) frozen, dried and canned foods on food labels. Which foods carry the ‘best b) fresh dairy products before’ date mark? c) perishable food e.g. red meat, fish.

Q7 a) POD, PGI and TSG The label must display clearly where the food has b) PDO, PGI and TSG come from. What are the 3 EU systems that are c) PDO, PIG and TSG used to promote and protect regional food products? Q8 a) Beef and pork Which meat does The Farm Quality Assurance b) Lamb and pork Scheme in Northern Ireland cover? c) Beef and lamb Q9 a) Energy (both in kJ and kcal); Fat; Saturates; Compulsory back of pack nutrition labelling on Carbohydrates; Sugars; Protein; Salt pre-packed food must list the nutrients in a b) Energy (both in kJ and kcal); Fat; Saturates; certain order – which? Sugars; Carbohydrates; Protein; Salt c) Energy (both in kJ and kcal); Carbohydrates; Sugars; Protein; Fat; Saturates; Salt Q10 a) a pie chart with red, amber green colour coding Most of the major supermarkets and many food b) red, amber, green colour coding and manufacturers voluntarily display nutritional percentage Reference Intakes information on the front of pre-packaged food c) a black and white list with percentage and drinks. What is the government’s Reference Intakes recommended format?