Introduce Law which Requires Minimum Text Font Size on Labelling, in Documents and Apps

The Issue

Who else is frustrated with picking up food items and being unable to read the ingredients, nutritional content or cooking instructions on the label, or visiting a restaurant where the menu is illegible owing to the small writing used, or opening an app on your phone to find your bank, or exercise app, has decided to use a ridiculously small font size, surrounded by empty space, and better still, use light grey writing on a white background!

By signing this petition you will be helping to draw attention to a very simple 21st Century issue that has arisen.  

Since businesses seem inept at either recognising, or remedying, this issue themselves, a law evidently needs to be passed requiring food labelling and alike to use a font size of at least 12 point with an equivalent font size being required for apps, menus, product instructions and documents.

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The Issue

Who else is frustrated with picking up food items and being unable to read the ingredients, nutritional content or cooking instructions on the label, or visiting a restaurant where the menu is illegible owing to the small writing used, or opening an app on your phone to find your bank, or exercise app, has decided to use a ridiculously small font size, surrounded by empty space, and better still, use light grey writing on a white background!

By signing this petition you will be helping to draw attention to a very simple 21st Century issue that has arisen.  

Since businesses seem inept at either recognising, or remedying, this issue themselves, a law evidently needs to be passed requiring food labelling and alike to use a font size of at least 12 point with an equivalent font size being required for apps, menus, product instructions and documents.

The Decision Makers

Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Protection Agencies
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Food Standards Agency (FSA)

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