Manufacturers Compliance Of Pre-packed Juice To Labelling Requirements And Customers Use Of Labelling Information For Decision To Purchase Pre-packed Foods Among Consumers In Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Background: In Ethiopia, there was limited information on food labels compliance withrnfood labelling requirements and customers’ use of labelling information for purchasingrndecision making. So, this study was designed with the aim of filling this information gap. rnMethods: A cross- sectional study was conducted in Addis Ababa in, 2019. Thirty one juicernproducts and 403 consumers from 15 supermarkets were included in the study. Compliancernwas assessed using the 17 standard requirements for food labelling information. Foodrnlabelling information use was measured by considering use of 10 food labelling informationrnand practicing it frequently was considered good practice. Data was collected using semistructuredrnquestionnairesrnrnand checklist. Data was entered in to Epi data entry and analyzedrnusing SPSS. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were performed. rnResults: Two hundred and four (50.6%) were males and 248 (61.5%) attended college.rnAmong respondents 105 (26.1%) were uses the food labelling information in good way. Sex,rnmarital status, monthly income and level of awareness were associated (p

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