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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8941

4 May 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/food
MEPS in Committee look at lower Commission requirements for food and health claims

Brussels, 03/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Stop to fantasy, misleading or abusive assertions deliberately placed by manufacturers on food labels or in advertising to boast the supposed health benefits of products or the supposed well-being of citizens in order to influence consumer choice. To guide the plenary vote, the parliamentary committee on the environment and health (Chair: CDU member Karl-Heinz Florenz) subscribed on 21 April to the general objectives of the proposal for a regulation of...

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