EU DIET GUIDELINES WASTE OF TIME, SAYS EFSA PANEL
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE are so many cultural differences to Europe's various national diets, trying to formulate a European dietary guideline "is not feasible", an expert European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has concluded. It is now consulting the food industry on this opinion.
*http://www.efsa.eu.int/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902045161.htm
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THERE are so many cultural differences to Europe's various national diets, trying to formulate a European dietary guideline "is not feasible", an expert European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has concluded. It is now consulting the food industry on this opinion.
*http://www.efsa.eu.int/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902045161.htm
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