Study of Food Indication Label of Some Children Candies Available in Local Markets of Baghdad City

Saleh Al-Timimi, Salim; Hussien M, Nadia

	Study of Food Indication Label of Some Children Candies Available in Local Markets of Baghdad City
iraq journal of market research and consumer protection
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-23
Authors
Salim Saleh Al-Timimi; Nadia Hussien M
Abstract
The study aimed to identify the indication of food label for some types of children candies imported and available in the local markets of the city of Baghdad and the extent of compliance with the standard specifications of the packaged and canned food. The results showed that the indication label for all kinds of Syrian-made candy included some information in Arabic or English, or both for the product name, type, production date and conditions of storage and components but It did not mention in some information about the country of origin and make and weight and did not mention information about the expiration date and the health warning and the nutritional value. The indication label for all kinds of Syrian-made colored- candy granules contains most of the information in Arabic or English, or both including the product name, type, country of origin and the manufacturer's expiration date, weight, ingredients but did not include information about the date of the production, storage conditions, the health warning and the nutritional value. However it mentioned information about the additives in the list of ingredients for all kinds of Syrian-made candy including flavorings and industrial pigments and acidity regulators, but did not specify the kind of these candies whether they were free from thickeners materials, emulsifiers and antioxidants, and thus they were not conforming to the standard of the food packaged and canned. The study results showed that the indication labels of all types of Chinese-made candy contained information written in Chinese only while the country of origin and the manufacturer, date of production and expiration written in English and there was no information on the additives and thus was not identical to the standard of canned and packaged food. The results showed that indication label for all kinds of Turkish-made candy containing information written in English and Turkish also contain information on all food additives in the list of ingredients, which included flavorings and natural colors and thickeners materials, acidity regulators emulsifiers and antioxidants with type-specific and thus was identical to the standard of the packaged and canned food.
Keywords
Baby Food; Food and Nutvition

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