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The Compatibility of National Interpretative Nutrition Labelling Schemes with European and International Law

Martin Holle, Enrico Togni, Arianna Vettorel


I. Introduction The UK Front of Pack Nutritional Label (hereinafter FoP) is, according to the UK Food Standard Agency and to the UK Health Minister, a powerful tool to help consumers make healthier food choices. On the basis of consumer research commissioned a few years earlier1,UKPublic health authorities argue that consumers are more willing to make healthy food choices when they can rely upon a single labelling format, rather than the presence in the market of multiple front-of-pack label formats. The adoption of the UK FoP labelling scheme has recently raised many concerns over its potential effect ofmarket distortion and fragmentation, especially among those Member States whose food products would be negatively affected by such labelling requirements.2 While the European Commission´s response to the Italian request in the Standing Committee meeting on 3 October 2013 has already been harshly criticised3, there is still merit in analysing whether the UK FoP traffic light nutrition labelling scheme is compliantwith EUFood Law.

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