Italy has once again expressed concern that the Nutri-Score system, which has been proposed as a European Union-wide front-of-package food labeling system, unfairly discriminates against traditional Italian foods, including olive oil, Parma ham and Parmesan.
Teresa Bellanova, the Italian Minister of Agriculture has lobbied other EU governments on the issue and has called for the protection of food which she hailed as “pillars of the Mediterranean diet.” Greece and Romania supported Italy‘s position.
While France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands have agreed to voluntarily adopt the Nutri-Score (with many large European food producers and retailers), the Italian Ministry of Economic Development has presented its own alternative labeling system, the Nutrinform battery.
Both Labeling systems aim to encourage Europeans to consume more nutritious foods to improve their health.
To learn more, you can read the press communique (in italian) or the draft decree from the Italy.
Orchidali can help you improve the nutritional quality of your products.
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Italy reiterates its opposition to the Nutri-Score label and proposes the adoption of Nutrinform battery
Italy has once again expressed concern that the Nutri-Score system, which has been proposed as a European Union-wide front-of-package food labeling system, unfairly discriminates against traditional Italian foods, including olive oil, Parma ham and Parmesan.
Teresa Bellanova, the Italian Minister of Agriculture has lobbied other EU governments on the issue and has called for the protection of food which she hailed as “pillars of the Mediterranean diet.” Greece and Romania supported Italy‘s position.
While France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands have agreed to voluntarily adopt the Nutri-Score (with many large European food producers and retailers), the Italian Ministry of Economic Development has presented its own alternative labeling system, the Nutrinform battery.
Both Labeling systems aim to encourage Europeans to consume more nutritious foods to improve their health.
To learn more, you can read the press communique (in italian) or the draft decree from the Italy.
Orchidali can help you improve the nutritional quality of your products.
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