On Thursday 18 January, the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative resolution by 425 votes to 75, with 59 abstentions, regretting the delay in examining nutrition and health claims on foods, as regulated by Regulation 1924/2006 (amended by Regulation 109/2008/EC).
To improve implementation of the regulation, it followed its Committee on Environment (rapporteur: Tilly Metz, Greens/EFA, Luxembourg) in recommending action on three fronts. The ID group’s amendment rejecting the...