EFFL 2|2009 Proposal for the Provision of Food Information to Consumers 135 I. Introduction It is over a year since the Commission published its proposals on the provision of food information to consumers (the Proposal).1 The Proposal is intended to consolidate and update labelling legislation by merging two Directives.2 It also recasts six other pieces of EU legislation. The most publicised changes to labelling provisions have been: – Rationalisation