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http://dx.doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2009.42.2.183

Scientific Principles on the Revision and Addition of the Codex Nutrient Reference Values for Food Labelling Purposes  

Chang, Nam-Soo (Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University)
Cho, Youn-Ok (Department of Food and Nutrition, Duksung Women's University)
Joung, Hyo-Jee (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
Chung, Hae-Rang (Nutrition for the Future, Inc.)
Kim, Hye-Young (Department of Food and Nutrition, Yongin University)
Choi, Young-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Daegu University)
Lim, Hyeon-Sook (Department of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University)
Yun, Jin-Sook (Department of Food & Nutrition, Keimyung University)
Kwon, O-Ran (Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University)
Publication Information
Journal of Nutrition and Health / v.42, no.2, 2009 , pp. 183-188 More about this Journal
Abstract
There has been a need to update the current Codex nutrient reference values (NRVs) which had been established following the Helsinki Consultation in 1988. The main purposes of NRVs are to help consumers compare the nutrient content of different food products and estimate the usefulness of a food product in terms of its percentage contribution to the overall healthful diets. The establishment of Codex NRVs for labelling purposes is intended to facilitate the goals of protecting consumers' health and ensuring fair practices in food trade. When revising the Codex NRVs several issues are needed to discussed, which are: 1) Consideration of population groups whether to have one set of NRVs for general population or to have several sets of NRVs for each population groups, 2) Determination of scope of nutrients such as what nutrients to include and what reference values to choose and 3) Development of principles for establishing NRVs such as the selection of suitable reference values among many including recommended intake/recommended dietary allowances, estimated average requirement and upper levels to extract NRVs. This paper will discuss the above issues and the inputs and efforts that the Korean Nutrition Society had put into to carry out the project, "International Collaboration on the Revision and Addition of the Codex Nutrient Reference Values for Food Labelling Purposes," and to ascertain relevant scientific principles and evidences that are utilized for establishment and revision of the Codex NRVs.
Keywords
codex NRVs; nutrition labelling; DRIs;
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