The Legal Measure for Determination of the Sweetener Usage in Food and Beverage
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The legal measures regarding the determination of using the sweetener in food and beverage which is the problem in applying the Food Act regarding the food label and advertisement by using comparative study with the foreign laws whether the laws regarding the label cover the suitable sugar level in the food or not. Whether the form of the label should make the customer understand in what extend. And whether it has the provision covering the advertisement that targeting the children or not. By using the quality study method, the document research and analyses and compare from textbook, research, thesis, journal, report, and electronic data. The research can be concluded that Thailand does not have the legal provision that cover the determination of sugar level that suitable for health. Moreover, the monochrome color nutrition label was difficult to understand and the provision regarding the advertisement does not specifically provide the protection for children. (1) The writer suggests the amendment on the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979) for protection the benefit and safety of the customer by not allowing to produce, distribute the food that added the sweetener more than standard nutrition level; (2) The problem regarding the difficulties of understanding of the nutrition label by adopting the visual control measure which applied in the France legal system as guideline by amending the Ministry of Public Health’s regulation to requiring the presenting the traffic food nutri-score label; (3) Creating new criteria on food advertisement for the children by issuing the Food and Drug Administration regarding the criteria for the advertisement of the food for children B.E. (…) by adopting the laws of United States, European Union, and England as a guideline.
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