Nutrition related content 

Environment committee votes against allowing ‘now contains X% less' claims on food packaging. The European Parliament's environment committee today (31 January) rejected a...

Addressing risk factors through simple lifestyle interventions would result in a significant reduction in the prevalence of chronic diseases. In your special report on...

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...

European Food Safety Authority says seeds from Egypt caused European health scare. Fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt are the most likely source of the recent E. Coli...

MEPs and national diplomats are to intensify negotiations next week on a law governing food labelling. Officials on both sides are hopeful of reaching agreement and so...

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...

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...

Decisions on health claims for food products are proving difficult to stomach for many in the industry. From milkshakes that help you lose weight to fizzy drinks that keep...

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...

Parliament committee supports nutritiion facts but rejects 'traffic light' warnings. Food manufacturers should be obliged to display the calorie count of food and drink...

MEPs divided over food labelling rules as industry calls for a harmonised system. A long-running battle over the nutritional information that food companies must put on...

The use of nutrition labels on food packaging is a controversial and complex issue. What health information should be on a packet of cereal or a box of biscuits? The...

Does what's in your genes affect what's in your jeans? Fast food and the family slumped in front of the television have become the symbols of the ‘obesogenic' society, a...

There needs to be an EU-wide system of food labelling, but the European Commission's attempt at setting it up misses the target on many levels. Consumers have the right to...

There should be less bickering between supporters of rival food labelling systems and more action to provide important information for consumers. When you are buying...

The information that should be given on packaging is feeding divisions of opinion. What to put on the front of a packet has become one of the most controversial issues for...

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...