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Consumer groups welcome rules agreed by MEPs and member states. Food and consumer groups have welcomed new rules on food labelling agreed by the European Parliament and the...

Demand for extension of country-of-origin included. The European Parliament is in disarray over a food-labelling law as MEPs prepare to embark on negotiations with the...

The European Parliament is struggling to forge a united position on a food labelling law ahead of a crucial vote this month. MEPs have been re-running many of the same...

Commission to draft separate proposals on novel foods and cloning, after talks on a single law collapsed. The European Commission responded immediately to the collapse of...

Plans would mean that meat products would have to be sold with labels showing their country of origin. Pork, poultry and lamb may have to be sold with labels showing their...

Adviser - Food, Health and Nutrition Policy EAS is a specialist company providing advice to trade associations, governments and companies in the area of food, nutrition and...

Fat, salt and sugar content of processed foods to be labelled on the front of packets. The European Parliament today voted for the fat, salt and sugar content of all...

The European Commission provoked tensions over food labelling, and now the European Parliament is having similar difficulties. How many nutritional facts should be stamped...

The Commission still has a lot on its plate trying to establish which foods can be described as healthy. When is a doughnut a healthy snack and a slice of brown bread bad...

MEPs back conclusions of a study that found that brightly coloured food additives contribute to hyperactivity. Artificial additives that lend a bright hue to some processed...

Åsa Westlund to present amendments to food additives regulation. The EU should adopt tougher rules on labelling on food colourings, according to the MEP in charge of...

Food labels could become easier to understand across the EU this Sunday (1 July), with the entry into force of new health legislation. The regulation on nutrition and health...

Europe's food industry wants a faster and cheaper approvals system for so-called novel foods. Emily Smith reports. Food safety scares have become commonplace in Europe in...

Spaniards joke that people should avoid eating foods that contain zutaten – a word that means ingredients in German, but which sounds faintly dangerous to the Spanish ear....

The proposed directive on health and nutrition claims should not be watered down or compromised in the European Parliament. The Commission proposes that health and nutrition...

As the European Parliament again looks at the proposed EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods, it is clear that while making some improvements on the...

The advertising and labelling of food has now become a battleground in the campaign against obesity. Advertisers, retailers and food and drink manufacturers are fighting a...

ROBERT Madelin has expressed surprise after retailers raised the red flag over likely European Commission proposals that they claimed could affect their bottom lines. The...

THE Netherlands hopes to host a ‘Silicon Valley' of food research and innovation clustered around the town of Wageningen and its university, renowned as a leading...

The European Commission has proposed the eventual banning of nutrition and health claims for certain types of foods because of their “nutritional profile”. The food...