MEP WARNS OF POTENTIAL INFORMATION OVERLOAD ON FOOD LABELS
October 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEP who is coordinating the European Parliament's votes on current proposals to reform European Union (EU) food labelling laws has warned consumers could be forced to read more information than they can absorb.
At a Brussels debate organised by EuroFIR (the European Food Information Resource Network) and the Parliament Magazine, German MEP Renate Sommer said there was a "danger of information overload" on labels. She added: "If that happens, the risk we run is that the public will not bother reading the information ...
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