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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10101
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/consumers

Yes to clearer and more complete labelling for foodstuffs, but without colour codes

Brussels, 18/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - Members of the EP committee for the environment, public health and food safety chaired by Jo Leinen (S&D, Germany) are in favour of clearer food labelling which gives consumers better information on the energy and nutritional value of foodstuffs, so that consumers may make well-informed choices of what they buy. However, they take the view that there is no need to establish a “traffic light colour scheme” on labels to show the quantified presence of...

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