EU MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR DELAY ON EC NUTRITION LABELLING PLANS

BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) food and drink manufacturers association CIAA (NOTE: FRENCH ACRONYM) is calling on the European Commission to delay proposing planned reforms to European Union (EU) nutritional information legislation.Commission officials are considering changes to EU regulation EC/90/496, which covers tables of nutritional information on packets, (not nutritional claims - covered by separate proposed EU legislation).The CIAA said although common approaches to labelling were useful, a regulation could generate significant costs, calling for ...


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