First reading of the Food Information to Consumers proposal has been postponed May 2010

The first reading of the Food Information to Consumers proposal has been postponed. The aim of the Food Information to Consumers proposal is to improve the legibility of food labels and to include key nutritional information on the front of packs to help consumers make informed choices for a healthy balanced diet. The proposal will bring EU rules on general and nutrition labelling together into a single regulation which will simplify and consolidate existing labelling legislation, it will replace the Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs and Council Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs. Eventually the regulation will be applicable in all Member States, and replace current UK law. The proposal will be discussed by co-decision in which the European Parliament and the European Council, in liaison with the European Commission, debate and agree the legislation. The first reading of the Food Information to Consumers proposal has been postponed to the 14-17 June 2010 session of the European Parliament.