Over the summer, the scientific committee in charge of NutriScore, the front-of-pack nutritional labelling systems in used in 6 EU countries agreed on changing the algorithm behind the scoring system. The changes concern the calculation of fats and oilseeds, and a specific rule for red meat. On the same front, Italy upgraded the national nutritional […]
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FOOD CHAIN - 6 July 2021
YUKA FOUND GUILTY OF ACTS OF DENIGRATIONS
After the ‘Nestlégate’, which saw the Swiss food multinational admitting that a big majority of its products cannot be considered “healthy”, the UK is taking further steps in limiting the advertisement of unhealthy foods to children, and a pilot project for eco-label is planned to take off in the autumn, in France. Yuka, the food-shop adviser app, has been found guilty of ‘acts of denigrations’ in a legal battle against the French Charcuterie Producers association. At the European level, the future Research & Innovation Common Programme for the financial period, Horizon Europe, will assign €32 million for sustainable protein research.
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Written by Farm Europe