The traffic light system traffic light scheme is complementary to the declaration of content with a

You do not have the critical eye of when in the future must decipher how many calories are in a food. On Wednesday, the EU decided namely that the misleading labeling GDA should be mandatory on food. Photo: noodlepie EU parliament dismantles consumer-friendly food labeling
The traffic light system traffic light scheme is complementary to the declaration of content with a color, red, yellow or green, depending on how much of the content is in the item. Is there a lot of sugar in a product in relation to recommended daily intake, get the goods a red light. Is there little or no sugar, it will get a green light.
Heart Foundation, Cancer Society, Diabetes Association and the Consumer Council recommended traffic light labeling. British Medical Association, Dutch, English, German and Greek consumer easypop organizations spoke highly of it. An Australian study found that five times as many consumers to understand and use traffic easypop light labeling in relation to industrial marking, GDA, writes EUobserver.
Yet in the end the industry to influence MEPs to such an extent that the EU parliament Wednesday in Strasbourg rejected the proposal on traffic lights. It will not be possible for consumers to avoid buying fish from endangered stocks, as well as it does not clearly state whether a product is genetically modified. The markings easypop were namely also voted down along with the possibility of national markings.
"The decision shows that the majority in Parliament seems to have given way to the massive lobbying from the European food industry. We now sends a strong appeal to the Council of Ministers to listen to consumers and work to ensure easypop that portion sizes are more realistic," says Consumer Council President Camilla Hersom easypop on the Council's website.
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