Determining food industry compliance to mandatory sodium limits: Successes and challenges from the South African experience

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dc.contributor.authorvan der Westhuizen, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorFrank, Tamryn
dc.contributor.authorKarim, Safura Abdool
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-09T08:54:54Z
dc.date.available2023-05-09T08:54:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractTo provide an update on the compliance to the Na reduction regulation (R.214) and to highlight some challenges and successes experienced by South Africa in the implementation of a mandatory Na regulation. The study design was observational. Nutritional information of packaged food (specified in the R.214 regulation) was collected between February 2019 and September 2020, before and after the implementation date of the final Na targets in the regulation. Six supermarket chains that accounted for more than 50 % of the grocery retailer market share in South Africa were included. The Na content (per 100 g) of products was extracted from photographs. Products were classified according to the thirteen food categories included in R.214. The percentage of targeted food categories that met the pre and post-regulation targets as well as the percentage by which Na limits were exceeded was calculated.en_US
dc.identifier.citationvan der Westhuizen, B. et al. (2023). Determining food industry compliance to mandatory sodium limits: Successes and challenges from the South African experience. Public Health Nutritionen_US
dc.identifier.issn1475-2727
dc.identifier.uri10.1017/S1368980023000757
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8910
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectSodiumen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectNutritionen_US
dc.titleDetermining food industry compliance to mandatory sodium limits: Successes and challenges from the South African experienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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