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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11749

21 March 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Health
EU ministers call for robust action on alcoholic and sugary drinks
Brussels, 20/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

The labelling of alcoholic drinks and taxing sugary foods were both issues discussed at the informal Health Ministers’ meeting on 20 March in Malta. The other subjects on the agenda included the fight against AIDS, access to innovative medicines and training health specialists.

Vytenis Andriukaitis, the European Commissioner for Health, stated in the preamble to the meeting that, “Childhood obesity has become a real pandemic”. Nonetheless, should sugary drinks be taxed as recommended...

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