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European Parliament committed to restoring Consumer's Trust in European Food
Published: Friday 2 July 2010
According to an article on NutraIngredients.com, ‘[a] group of eight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) [including Environment Committee Chair, Jo Leinen] met with EFSA representatives last week to discuss matters including health claims, nutrient profiling, GMOs and nanotechnology in food.'
‘We need to defend consumers against food products carrying unfounded health claims,’ Leinen said, and continued to explain that ‘MEPs want EFSA to maintain a tough stance on rejecting claims that are supported only by lobbying and marketing, instead of sound science. The European Parliament is fully committed to restoring consumers' trust in the safety and quality of all food sold in the European Union.
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