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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8509

23 July 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
BEUC welcomes draft regulation on health and nutritional claims

Brussels, 22/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - After publishers and breweries (see Europe of 18 July, p. 17), it was the turn of consumers to react to the Commission's proposal to more tightly control health and nutrition claims on food labels and advertising. “This is a very good proposal”, said Jim Murray, BEUC Director, adding: “Too many current claims are misleading, ambiguous, unclear and/or ill founded.” In a press release, BEUC lists its “ten commandments” for health claims, which...

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