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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8955

27 May 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/consumers
Parliament removes notion of “nutritional profile” in proposed regulation on nutritional and health claims - Anger of consumer associations

Brussels, 26/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament decided by a small majority, which was typical of the traditional right/left split, that it was largely up to the consumer to adopt good eating habits if they so wished, and not up to Community legislation to guide consumer behaviour by banning overly rich food from making advertising claims to boast their alleged virtues for health. Taking position at first reading on the proposed regulation on nutritional and...

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