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Parliament steps up pressure on food, beverage ads
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01 June 2012
The European Parliament has renewed calls to curb food and beverage advertising aimed at children and young people, with some MEPs even calling for a total ban on beer commercials aimed at youth. But it's not necessary, says the industry, "We can regulate ourselves".
British MPs want food law to better protect consumers
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30 May 2012
An influential British parliamentary committee has issued a damning report on the government’s food policy, calling for more sustainable production and far clearer food labelling regulations to help consumers make better choices about what they eat.
Lawmakers pave way for 222 food health claims
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22 March 2012
MEPs have upheld plans to create a fixed number of standardised nutritional claims on food and beverages, paving the way for 222 claims such as "low fat" or "reduced cholesterol" to be carried on food packaging.
EU food labelling rules ready, new round to start
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08 July 2011
After the European Parliament adopted earlier this week (6 July) new rules on food labelling, the EU executive is now set to start working on excluded dossiers, including alcohol and transfats.
Parliament to rubber-stamp new food labelling rules
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04 July 2011
EU lawmakers are set to give a final nod this week to long-debated rules on food labelling, which aim to provide consumers with clearer information on the nutritional and energy content of products. Alcohol and other products will be spared compulsory labelling for now.
Food products: 'Lower quality' in Eastern EU?
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13 April 2011
Major food and drink multinationals are packing variable quality products to be shipped to different European countries under the same name, alleges a survey conducted by the Slovak Association of Consumers. EurActiv Slovakia reports.
Farm ministers back mandatory origin labelling for all meat
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22 February 2011
EU agriculture ministers threw their weight yesterday (21 February) behind calls for mandatory origin labelling of pork, lamb and poultry, with milk and dairy products to follow later on.
Food labelling: Study shows benefits of portion information
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21 February 2011
As the European Parliament prepares for its second reading of a new food labelling law to improve nutritional information spelled out on food and drink packages, new research throws more weight behind the industry's voluntary labelling scheme, which is currently being rolled out across Europe.
Ministers give nod to industry food labelling scheme
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09 December 2010
A deal struck between EU member states on new food labelling rules saw political support for a voluntary GDA labelling scheme currently applied by the food industry across Europe.
EU agreement on food labelling taking shape
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02 December 2010
Member states are nearing a deal on new food labelling rules that would leave wiggle room for industry to use their own labelling schemes and choose whether to show nutritional information on the front or back of a product's packaging.
Food industry wins battle on 'traffic light' labels
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17 June 2010
The European Parliament yesterday (16 June) voted to make nutrition labelling of pre-packed foods mandatory, but rejected calls by health and consumer organisations' for a traffic light system giving consumers a visual warning for high fat, sugar or salt content of a product.
Health group calls for ‘usable’ information on food
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15 June 2010
The European Heart Network (EHN) called on MEPs to back "fair presentation" of the nutritional content of food products and called on the industry to be "more modest with marketing" ahead of a European Parliament vote tomorrow (16 June) on an EU proposal to regulate food information to consumers.
EU lawmakers give 'meat glue' red card
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20 May 2010
The European Parliament has voted to ban bovine and porcine thrombin used as an additive to bind separate pieces of meat together into one piece. The House said the meat glue has no proven benefit for consumers and might mislead them instead.
