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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition,
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women,
Coimbatore-641043, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 49, No 8 (2012), Pagination: 317-323
Abstract
Food is any substance or material eaten to provide nutritional support to the body or for pleasure. Governments worldwide regulate foods with two general objectives; to ensure safety and wholesomeness of the food supply to prevent economic fraud or deception These objectives encompass safety, purity, wholesomeness and value. Recently one more objective to inform consumers about the nutritional contents of foods has been added.