The Commission is identifying labelling rules to propose to help European consumers make healthy choices.
Stakeholders agree that current EU food-labelling legislation, which is some 15 years old, is no longer effective.
In February 2006, the Commission launched a consultative document entitled 'Labelling: competitiveness, consumer information and better regulation for the EU' . This general public consultation on nutrition-labelling aims to help the Commission identify the best way forward on the issue.
A stakeholder debate was organised by the Brussels-based think-tank Friends of Europe, with the support of Kellogg's, on 24 January 2007.
The Commission is expected to put forward a formal proposal on nutrition labelling by mid 2007.
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