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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8622

14 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/food
Proposal of regulation on nutritional and health claims of foodstuffs is warmly welcomed in public hearing, mainly by consumers - Controversy over nutritional make-up of food

Brussels, 13/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The proposal of regulation relating to nutritional and health claims on food, presented in July by the Commission, was examined in great detail last week in Brussels at a public hearing at the European Parliament. The hearing was organised by Renate Sommer, EPP-ED Group rapporteur. Though the aims of the text were welcomed by all those who took the floor, the text nonetheless countered criticism from representatives of the food industry and food trade...

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