MEPS VOTE TO CUT NUTRIENT PROFILES
April 1st, 2016
The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to scrap its mandated use of nutrient profiles for types of food to help it decide whether certain health claims can be made by manufacturers. Commission officials have to gather and assess such data under the European Union (EU) nutrition and health claims regulation 1924/2006. But MEPs voted in a plenary session on Tuesday (April 12) to scrap this requirement, arguing it was unnecessary given food manufacturers will have to make sure such information appears on packs from December 13 under the EU ...
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