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Tag: Labelling

  • UPF regulation too weak on systemic policies, Australian study highlights

    20 Jan 2025

    A study by three Australian universities has found that regulation on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) broadly places responsibility on consumers rather than the food industry, worldwi...

    Tags: Labelling, NCDs, ultra-processed foods

  • Greater transparency required of food labelling – report

    16 Dec 2024

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    Tags: Labelling, natural claims

  • Nutritional labelling, SAFE publishes a document on smartphone applications

    27 May 2024

    SAFE has produced a document on various smartphone applications designed to help understand nutritional labels. Nutritional labelling is very helpful for consumers and citizens, en...

    Tags: Consumers, Labelling, nutritional values

  • Debates go on concerning Front-Of-Pack nutrition labels

    11 Jan 2021

    The debate about new FOP nutrition labels and the form they should take are evergrowing. In an article published by FoodNavigator, several commentators added more water to the mill...

    Tags: food label, FOP labelling, Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling, Labelling, Nutriscore

  • EU Court of Justice states that mandatory origin labelling for food is allowed only if ‘justified’

    05 Oct 2020

    In a ruling on 1 October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) stated that the EU harmonised framework for food labelling “does not preclude member states from adopting measures p...

    Tags: Country of origin, ECJ, European Court of Justice, Labelling, Origin Labelling

  • German Scientific Advisory Board recommands using climate labels

    26 Aug 2020

    The German Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection(WBAE) has urged the government to introduce mandatory climate labels on food produc...

    Tags: Agriculture, Children, food label, Germany, Labelling, Sugar tax

  • Mexico to present new rules to fight against obesity

    29 Oct 2019

    The Mexican government will soon present new rules which require processed foods containing high levels of sugar, saturated fat, sodium and calories to display warning labels. As o...

    Tags: food label, Labelling, Mexico, Obesity, Sugar

  • Study Reveals Inaccurate Labelling Information on Food Products: Consumers Being Misled?

    17 Sep 2019

    The level of micronutrients in a variety of cornflour products in Mexico is significantly lower than which is stated on the products’ package, according to a recent study carried...

    Tags: Consumers Rights, food label, fortification, Labelling, Mexico, Micronutrients

  • WHO Europe highlights high sugar content in baby food and inappropriate industry marketing

    15 Jul 2019

    Up to 60% of baby foods are incorrectly marketed as suitable for infants under the age of 6 months, according to a new study of the World Health Organisation (WHO) published on 15 ...

    Tags: Babies, Children, food label, Labelling, Marketing, Obesity, Sugar

  • UN stays silent on fat tax and labelling

    19 Dec 2018

    Last week, the United Nations adopted a draft resolution on improving global nutrition. The agency called for improved education to tackle obesity, but remained silent on key issue...

    Tags: Food Safety, Labelling, Nutrition, Obesity, United Nations

  • Evolved Nutrition Label to be launched in some EU countries

    04 May 2018

    Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever will start to add the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) to products in some EU countries, they announced o...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Transparency

  • France bans use of meaty names for veggie food

    24 Apr 2018

    France looks set to prohibit meat terms from being used to describe plant-based foods, with MPs backing a proposal to ban producers of meat substitutes from using phrases like “s...

    Tags: Consumers, France, Labelling, Meat, Transparency, Vegan

  • Fakers, bakers and praline-makers fear bite of EU origin labels

    21 Mar 2018

    Following the Commission’s proposal for new legislation on so-called country of origin labelling, food companies fear that they will be forced to indicate the origin of the...

    Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, EU, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling, Transparency

  • Far From Transparency

    05 Mar 2018

    Last February 21st, the European Parliament’s Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs approved an amendment proposed by Italian MEPs Fulvio Martusciello and Alberto Cirio...

    Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Labelling, MEP, Palm oil, Transparency

  • Obesity is a greater threat for millennials than cannabis. It’s absurd

    26 Feb 2018

    In  the UK, seven out of 10 millennials are expected to be “overweight or obese” by their late 30s – compared with an already alarming half of baby-boomers. The well-documen...

    Tags: Consumers, Labelling, Obesity, Sugar

  • In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger

    07 Feb 2018

    Facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, the Chilean government is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling r...

    Tags: Children, Consumers, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar

  • Food (labeling) fights

    04 Dec 2017

    Calorie and ingredient labels for alcohol and labels indicating the amount of fat, salt, sugar and other things in food are at the center of controversy. Read the full article on p...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Labelling, Palm oil, Sugar

  • Policymakers push for healthy eating choices at lunchtime

    02 Oct 2017

    It can be easy to make the wrong food choices during your lunch break. But policymakers are trying to make lunchtime a more satisfying, healthy experience for employees. Read the f...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Labelling, Obesity, Organic, Sugar

  • EU health chief says all alcoholic beverages should be labelled

    31 Aug 2017

    The European Commission wants the industry’s expected alcohol labelling self-regulatory proposal to cover all alcoholic beverages in order to avoid confusion among consumers. &n...

    Tags: alcoholic beverages, Consumers, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling

  • Food industry upset over obligatory labelling of origin of pasta and rice

    30 Aug 2017

    Italy’s decision to impose mandatory labelling on pasta and rice packaging has triggered protests from the food industry, which has called on the European Commission to cancel ...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling

  • Italian pasta labels test limits of EU law

    30 Aug 2017

    A dispute over pasta is set to shape the future of the EU’s single market. Unsurprisingly for a battle over spaghetti, it was Italy that fired the first shot. Rome last week pas...

    Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Italy, Labelling

  • Vast majority of MEPs demand legislation on origin labelling

    13 May 2016

    EU politicians have upped pressure – once again – on the European Commission to bring in mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) for lightly processed meat and dai...

    Tags: Country of origin, European Commission, European Parliament, Labelling

  • USA: Big Food aims to kill mandatory GMO labels before year’s end

    09 Dec 2015

    Food makers want the US Senate to pass a bill that would make labeling voluntary and supersede state-level laws. There’s no doubt about it: The food industry is counting on you t...

    Tags: GMO, Labelling

  • Euractiv: Parliament divided over meat labels

    10 Feb 2015

    Most of the parties in the European Parliament want to see stricter labeling of the meat used in ready meals, but the implementation costs remain uncertain. EurActiv France reports...

    Tags: European Parliament, Labelling

  • Food safety MEPs call for country of origin labelling of meat in processed foods

    21 Jan 2015

    Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said Environment, Public Healt...

    Tags: Country of origin, European Parliament, Food Safety, Labelling, Meat

  • Agriculture Commissioner promises GMO labelling, despite TTIP

    17 Jan 2015

    If a product contains genetically modified corn, it will still be labelled as such in the future, assured EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan, seeking to dispel fears that consu...

    Tags: European Commission, GMO, Labelling, TTIP

  • New EU labelling information for consumers: good or bad news?

    18 Dec 2014

    Several new labelling rules are included in the EU Regulation on Food Information to consumers and are made mandatory as of 13 December 2014. SAFE welcomes the new labelling infor...

    Tags: GMO, Labelling

  • Without correct and complete labelling there is no choice!

    14 Nov 2014

    On the 11 of November 2014, the Italian Presidency of the EU organized in the European Parliament in Brussels a conference titled “Food safety and quality towards Expo 2015”. S...

    Tags: EFSA, EU, Italy, Labelling

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