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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8961

4 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
Unanimous Council political agreement to impose strict regulations on nutritional and health claims for food - Maintenance of nutritional profile

Luxembourg, 03/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - There is to be an end to fantastical commercial claims propounding nutritional properties or health benefits of foods at the risk of leading consumers to make mistakes with potential implications for health or the balance of their diet. The Health and Consumer Ministers meeting on Friday in Luxembourg were unanimous in their recognition of this issue and demonstrated it by adopting a much more ambitious position than the European Parliament did in...

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