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BackA proposal on redrafting the Food Labelling Directive was introduced by the EU at the end of January 2008. The AK is sceptical. Examinations by the AK in the past have shown that consumers often regard food labelling as insufficient. Against this background, AK has assessed the submitted draft proposal.
The draft proposal provides for the preservation of all currently already required labelling elements. A minimum font size will be required for labels. Nutritional information will be mandatory. But stating the country/source of origin will not be mandatory. In future, it will be easier to change the extent and the type of food labelling by Implementing Regulation of the Commission. No consumer friendly traffic light labelling of nutritional values: The food industry proposed a number and percentage description from which consumers may hardly recognise how much fat or sugar the food contains. The AK therefore asks for a traffic light system.
