login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8392

4 February 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
Commission prepares new legislation on nutritional content of food

Brussels, 03/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is currently preparing a new legislation to improve food labelling provisions currently in force in the European Union. The aim is to guarantee better consumer information on the nutritional content of foodstuffs and on the health properties of food. Beate Geminder, spokesperson for David Byrne, Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner, told the press that this new proposal, included in the White Paper 2000 on food safety, was expected...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SUPPLEMENT
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTS