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Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study

Front-of-pack (FoP) labelling on foods is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the growing global burden of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), but this policy has not yet been implemented in China. The aim of this study was to ascertain key stakeholders’ views on...

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Autores principales: Yin, Xuejun, Ye, Lihong, Xin, Xin, Xiang, Lin, Yu, Yue, Yan, Ruijie, Wen, Kehan, Tian, Maoyi, Jones, Alexandra, Pettigrew, Simone, Liu, Wei, Yang, Yuexin, Zhang, Juan
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8840240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35276875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030516
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author Yin, Xuejun
Ye, Lihong
Xin, Xin
Xiang, Lin
Yu, Yue
Yan, Ruijie
Wen, Kehan
Tian, Maoyi
Jones, Alexandra
Pettigrew, Simone
Liu, Wei
Yang, Yuexin
Zhang, Juan
author_facet Yin, Xuejun
Ye, Lihong
Xin, Xin
Xiang, Lin
Yu, Yue
Yan, Ruijie
Wen, Kehan
Tian, Maoyi
Jones, Alexandra
Pettigrew, Simone
Liu, Wei
Yang, Yuexin
Zhang, Juan
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description Front-of-pack (FoP) labelling on foods is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the growing global burden of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), but this policy has not yet been implemented in China. The aim of this study was to ascertain key stakeholders’ views on barriers and facilitators to developing a feasible and acceptable FoP labelling policy in the Chinese context. Semistructured interviews were used to elicit opinions from diverse representatives in roles of FoP labelling policy influence. Participants were identified by purposive and snowball sampling. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) was adopted to facilitate data collection and analysis. Themes and subthemes were generated using deductive and inductive approaches. Thirty participants were interviewed. The major barriers were the absence of national contextual analysis, perceived complexity of the process of policy development, disagreement on a preferred FoP labelling format, cost for the food industry, low priority compared to food safety policies, lack of existing regulatory framework or authorised nutrient profiling system, limited knowledge of FoP labelling, and the lack of planning and engagement with stakeholders. Facilitators included existing prerequisites, experiences and lessons from the pilot, policy coherence with Healthy China 2030, and support from external agents (e.g., WHO). Further efforts are required to develop and collate evidence to demonstrate the scientific, legal, and political feasibility of introducing effective FoP labelling.
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spelling pubmed-88402402022-02-13 Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study Yin, Xuejun Ye, Lihong Xin, Xin Xiang, Lin Yu, Yue Yan, Ruijie Wen, Kehan Tian, Maoyi Jones, Alexandra Pettigrew, Simone Liu, Wei Yang, Yuexin Zhang, Juan Nutrients Article Front-of-pack (FoP) labelling on foods is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the growing global burden of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), but this policy has not yet been implemented in China. The aim of this study was to ascertain key stakeholders’ views on barriers and facilitators to developing a feasible and acceptable FoP labelling policy in the Chinese context. Semistructured interviews were used to elicit opinions from diverse representatives in roles of FoP labelling policy influence. Participants were identified by purposive and snowball sampling. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) was adopted to facilitate data collection and analysis. Themes and subthemes were generated using deductive and inductive approaches. Thirty participants were interviewed. The major barriers were the absence of national contextual analysis, perceived complexity of the process of policy development, disagreement on a preferred FoP labelling format, cost for the food industry, low priority compared to food safety policies, lack of existing regulatory framework or authorised nutrient profiling system, limited knowledge of FoP labelling, and the lack of planning and engagement with stakeholders. Facilitators included existing prerequisites, experiences and lessons from the pilot, policy coherence with Healthy China 2030, and support from external agents (e.g., WHO). Further efforts are required to develop and collate evidence to demonstrate the scientific, legal, and political feasibility of introducing effective FoP labelling. MDPI 2022-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8840240/ /pubmed/35276875 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030516 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yin, Xuejun
Ye, Lihong
Xin, Xin
Xiang, Lin
Yu, Yue
Yan, Ruijie
Wen, Kehan
Tian, Maoyi
Jones, Alexandra
Pettigrew, Simone
Liu, Wei
Yang, Yuexin
Zhang, Juan
Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study
title Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study
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title_fullStr Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study
title_short Key Stakeholder Perspectives on Introducing a Front-of-Pack Labelling Scheme on Packaged Foods in China: A Qualitative Study
title_sort key stakeholder perspectives on introducing a front-of-pack labelling scheme on packaged foods in china: a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8840240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35276875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030516
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