| Report Number: 1449 |
Date: 17/6/2010 |
Title: News "Traffic Light" labelling may help reduce levels of obesity(3 of 3) |
Of interest to: 20 |
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The introduction of “Traffic Light” food labelling could help in reducing the levels of obesity in Europe according to MEP Nessa Childers.
The issue of new labelling of food products wwill be voted on at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today(Thursday 17th June).
If its introduced,the new style will see foods that have a higher than recommended level of fat will have a red colour on the “Fat” information, alerting customers to the danger.
Hence is a product has below the recommended level of sugar this will be coloured Green.
This way of informing customers is already in place in many countries and a voluntary scheme is also in place in many chain stores in the UK.
Labour MEP Nessa Childers says cutting back on the level of obesity in Europe is of huge importance. |
Interviewee: Nessa Childers MEP |
Duration: 0 minutes 22 seconds |
Out-words: next twenty years |
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