Autumn in Russia is expected to adopt a standard for color-coded products - the So-called " Traffic light ", write "news" referring to the Rosstandart.
The new label placed on the package or label in the form of vertical strips, will inform the buyer about how much sugar, salt and fat is in a particular product, the journal emphasizes. Depending on the content of these food substances of the strip will be colored in red, yellow or green.
It is noted that the manufacturers will use this type of labelling is voluntary, but market players suggest that this measure may soon become mandatory.
So, Deputy head, Federal research Institute of nutrition and biotechnology, developer of GOST, Alex Kambarov in conversation with "Izvestia" has not excluded, that a new kind of marking in the future may become one of the standards in the field of trade.
The start of the implementation in Russia of the project "Traffic light" on the tri-color labeling of food in the past year, the Last news said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova. For food producers on behalf of the CPS was designed methodological councils for voluntary color display products, which will enable the consumer to make an informed choice.
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