GERMANY: Metro to roll out government-backed nutrition labels
By Dean Best | 20 April 2011
German retail giant Metro Group is to roll out the government-backed "1 plus 4" nutrition labels on its entire own-label range sold in its domestic market.
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German retail giant Metro Group is to roll out the government-backed "1 plus 4" nutrition labels on its entire own-label range sold in its domestic market.
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