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[[Image:Comparisonoffoodlabels.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A voluntary Mexican nutrition label (on the left) versus its mandatory American equivalent (on the right), for the same product ([[Chips Ahoy!]] [[chocolate chip cookie]]s from [[Kraft Foods]] [[subsidiary]] [[Nabisco]])]]

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'''Mandatory labelling''' ([[Commonwealth English]]) or '''labeling''' ([[American English]]) of consumer products enables [[moral purchasing]] and avoidance of health problems like [[allergy|allergies]]. It is mandated in most [[developed nation]]s, and increasingly in [[developing nations]], especially for food products, ''e.g.'' "Grade A" [[meat]]s.

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==TO DO==

With regard to [[food]] and [[approved drug|drugs]], mandatory labelling has been a major battleground between [[Consumer protection|consumer advocates]] and [[corporation]]s since the late [[19th century]].

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==Chem==

Because of past [[scandal]]s involving deceptive labelling, countries like the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] require most processed foods to have a [[Nutrition Facts]] table on the label, and the table's formatting and content must conform to strict guidelines. The [[European Union]] equivalent is the slightly different [[Nutrition Information]] table, which may also be supplemented with standardized icons indicating the presence of [[allergen]]s.

===References / Links===

In [[China]], all [[clothing]] is labelled with the [[factory]] of origin, including [[telephone number|telephone]] and [[fax]] numbers, although this information is not available to buyers outside China, who see only a generic [[Made In China]] tag.

*[http://www.cas.org/EO/regsys.html CAS REGISTRY Overview]

*[http://openbabel.sourceforge.net/ Open Babel: A Package to Decypher Computational Chemistry]

*[http://www.emolecules.com/ eMolecules Chemical Search]

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The [[genetic modification]] of [[food]] has led to one of the most persistent and divisive debates about the mandatory labelling. Advocates of such labelling claim that the consumer should make the choice whether to expose themselves to any possible [[health risk]] from consuming such foods. Detractors point to well-controlled studies that conclude [[genetically modified food]] is safe, and point out that for many commodity products, the identity of the grower and the custody chain are not known.

*[http://jmol.sourceforge.net/ Jmol]

*[http://www.acdlabs.com/download/ ChemSketch]

*[http://www.chemaxon.com/marvin/ CML MarvinView]

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===CML===

Voluntary labelling and co-marketing of products deemed desirable is another matter usually carried out by entirely different means, ''e.g.'' [[Slow Food]]. There has been increased regulatory interest in substantiating these claims, and in some jurisdictions, food labels require regulatory approval before use.

*[http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/moin/ChemicalMarkupLanguage ChemicalMarkupLanguage]

*[http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/chimeral/resources/cml/chimeral/index.html Index of CML Molecule]

*[http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/talks/eth05/ Chemical Semantic Web: publishing & CMLRSS]

*[http://wwmm.ch.cam.ac.uk/moin/CmlRss CmlRss]

*[http://www.randomfactory.com/cml.html CML Reference Collection]

*[http://cml.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page CML Wiki]

===Import Test===

An interesting halfway is those labels that are considered mandatory by one buying population and effectively preclude purchase if they are not there, e.g. [[kosher]], [[vegan]], and the aforementioned [[GMO-free]] label now seen on many [[Organic food|organic]] products.

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== See also==

* [[Trade war over genetically modified food]]

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[[Category:Marketing]]

[[Category:Packaging]]

[[Category:Product management]]

[[Category:Environment]]

[[Food labelling Regulations]]

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