In Kenya, 90% of packaged food needs health warning label under new rules

Most packaged food and beverages in Kenya fail to meet new government nutrition requirements and should be labelled with a health warning, according to a report by the NGO Access to Nutrition Initiative.

Last month, Kenya’s Ministry of Health released its nutrient profile model which requires processed food with high levels of sugar, fat and salt to carry a mandatory front-of-package warning label.

The initiative is considered a…