Food and drink manufacturers association the CIAA is calling on the European Commission to delay reforms to nutritional information legislation, allowing the CIAA’s voluntary scheme time to bed in.
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Commission officials are considering changes to EU regulation EC/90/496, which covers the tables of nutritional information on packets, (not nutritional claims covered by separate proposed EU legislation, now under discussion).
Sabine Nafziger, CIAA consumer information, diet and health director told just-food that although common approaches to labelling were useful, a regulation could load excess costs onto small food companies. “We’re trying to put some order into this, but at the same time some flexibility for smaller operators,” Nafziger said.
Before the EC implements compulsory labelling regulations, Nafziger and the CIAA have urged the Commission to allow a two-year test period during which time trials of CIAA’s voluntary scheme could be completed.
The CIAA’s voluntary approach promotes labelling that carries information on the recommended daily intake for particular nutrients (including fats, vitamins) for average women contained in each serving. This, Nafziger claimed, is better understood by consumers than the usual statistical tables.
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