Belgium’s EU Council presidency will hold a scientific symposium in April on the controversial nutritional labelling of food to “share experiences” on the system, reopening the debate between member states that use it and those opposing its adoption at the EU level.
The idea is to take stock and “share experiences with diverse perspectives on a voluntary front-of-pack labelling system already introduced in some EU countries”, according to the presidency programme.
The symposium, scheduled for 25 April, “will be organised at the expert level”, EU presidency sources told Euractiv.
Launched in France in 2017, Nutri-score is a colour-coded labelling system, from A-green, denoting the ‘healthiest’, to E-red, which ranks foods according to their nutritional value, calculated on a standard portion.
Full article: https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/belgium-puts-nutriscore-labelling-back-on-eu-agenda/
Source: Euroactiv
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