Food labeling in Chile: Comments on the letter regarding Law 30021 in Peru

Marcela Reyes Jedlicki

doi:10.18294/sc.2018.1948

Food labeling in Chile: Comments on the letter regarding Law 30021 in Peru

Marcela Reyes Jedlicki PhD in Nutrition and Food. Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Universidad de Chile. Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Received: 26 June 2018, Accepted: 26 June 2018, Published: 10 October 2018

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2018.1948

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Keywords: Food Labeling, Legislation, Food

Categories: Feeding

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