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I voted in favour of Mr Foglietta’s own-initiative report adopted by the Committee on nutrition, overweight and obesity in our public health strategy. I applaud the basic view that industry should be given a chance to try and reduce health problems as a result of being overweight or obese through self-regulation, but where the Commission would also be empowered to ensure that attempts at reasonable and responsible advertising (especially in the case of children), for example, and reductions in the amount of salt, fat and sugar that people consume in food are actually realised.
It is important to provide consumers with comprehensive information on food package labelling, so that they know how to choose between good, better and worse food. In my view, and in contrast with current practice, the content of artificial trans-fats should definitely be included in food product descriptions. I voted against the line our group adopted on this
I supported our group’s opinion, however, on the use of colour coding in the labelling of food. Colour-coded labels, whose purpose it is to send a clear message on how good a product is for the health and which has provoked much debate in Europe, are often misleading, and so of no value whatsoever. Many UK supermarket chains for this reason have aimed to do away with a practice they have previously adopted."@en1
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