MEPS BACK COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-OBESITY PLAN TARGETING CONFECTIONERY PRODUCERS
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed a comprehensive anti child-obesity plan whose proposals would impact significantly on the confectionery industry if taken forward. Overwhelmingly supporting a report by right-wing Italian MEP Alessandro Foglietta, the parliament backed introducing a European Union (EU) law that insisted upon easily understood front-of-packaging nutrition labelling for foods such as confectionery popular with young people. As a result, MEPs welcomed the European Commission's plans to revise the EU directive on nutrition ...
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