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To be really effective, Nutri-Score must be displayed on all foods packaging ! In order to ensure all food companies display the label, consumers have the opportunity to pressure the European Commission to change the regulation and make it mandatory, by signing the petition for the PRO-NUTRISCORE European Citizen’s Initiative!

After a multi-year battle, the nutrition label Nutri-Score was officially adopted by public health authorities in France in October 2017, and more recently in several other European countries (Belgium and Spain). Displayed on the front-of-pack, this label aims to inform consumers, at a glance, about the overall nutritional quality of foods and encourage towards healthier… Lire la suite To be really effective, Nutri-Score must be displayed on all foods packaging ! In order to ensure all food companies display the label, consumers have the opportunity to pressure the European Commission to change the regulation and make it mandatory, by signing the petition for the PRO-NUTRISCORE European Citizen’s Initiative!

This week the Italian government issued a press release1 strongly criticizing an unpublished World Health Organization (WHO) report - the “WHO Guiding Principles and Framework Manual for Front-of-Pack Labelling for Promoting Healthy Diets”. As its name suggests, the report provides advice to countries developing front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOPL) policies to promote healthy diets. These simple,… Lire la suite The Italian government is trying to undermine a WHO report on FOP Nutrition labelling for obvious reasons: typical Italian products don’t come out well!

Desde hace algunos meses circulan en las redes sociales, en diversos medios de comunicación y a veces incluso en el discurso de personalidades políticas de primer rango, cierto número de comentarios negativas y de informaciones engañosas sobre Nutri-Score, el logotipo de información nutricional destinado a ser colocado en la cara frontal de los envases de… Lire la suite Incomprensiones y fake-news sobre Nutri-Score. ¿Cómo tratar de desestabilizar una herramienta de salud pública que molesta?