European public health associations (the European Heart Network “EHN”, the European Public Health Alliance “EPHA”) and consumers associations (the European Bureau of Consumer Unions “BEUC”) wrote december 19th, 2022, a letter to Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal), and EC Commissioners Kyriakides (DG Health) and Wojciechowski (DG Agri) to express their… Lire la suite Joint letter to the EC from the European Heart Network (EHN), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the European Bureau of Consumer Unions (BEUC) on the future front-of-pack nutrition label for Europe
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The (french) National Conference on health (CNS) calls for the adoption of the Nutri-score within the European Union
The (french) National Conference on Health (CNS), the advisory body of the Minister responsible for Health, adopted on 25 November an opinion in favour of the generalization of the Nutri-Score at European level. The CNS calls on the European Commission and the European Parliament to protect the health of people living in the European Union,… Lire la suite The (french) National Conference on health (CNS) calls for the adoption of the Nutri-score within the European Union
36 associations of health professionals, scientists, consumers, patients and NGOs call for a new petition to make Nutri-Score mandatory in Europe
On the date of November 2, 2022, more than 35,000 signatures have been collected in Europe to support the petition "Stop lobbies: Nutri-Score must be the mandatory official logo in Europe by 2023" accessible on the sitehttps://chng.it/BghbbGMW Text of the petition The front-of-pack nutrition label Nutri-Score must be defended against lobbies that try to distort… Lire la suite 36 associations of health professionals, scientists, consumers, patients and NGOs call for a new petition to make Nutri-Score mandatory in Europe
Front-of-pack nutrition labelling schemes: an update of the evidence (a JRC Science for policy report)
On September 10th 2022, the Joint Research Centre JRC (the European Commission's science service carrying out research and providing independent scientific evidence and advices to support EU policy) published the results of four scientific analyses related to consumer information on foodstuffs. Regarding front-of-pack nutrition labelling, the 230-page scientific report signed by 13 international JRC’s scientists… Lire la suite Front-of-pack nutrition labelling schemes: an update of the evidence (a JRC Science for policy report)
Seven new scientific papers published in August 2022 in peer-reviewed journals concerning Nutri-Score
The influence of the Nutri-Score on the perceived healthiness of foods labelled with a nutrition claim of sugar. Jürkenbeck K, Mehlhose C, Zühlsdorf A.PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272220. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272220https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272220 Abstract High sugar intake in humans is associated with the development of overweight and other diet-related diseases. The World Health Organization and other health organizations recommend limiting… Lire la suite Seven new scientific papers published in August 2022 in peer-reviewed journals concerning Nutri-Score
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