1 Amendments of Christophe BÉCHU related to 2008/0028(COD)
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) There is public interest in the relationship between diet and health and in the choice of an appropriate diet to suit individual needs. The Commission White Paper on a Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity related health issues noted that nutrition labelling is a way oftool for informing consumers about the composition of the foods and help them make an informed choice. Education and information campaigns organised by the Member States are essential for improving consumer understanding of nutrition information. The EU consumer policy strategy 2007 - 2013 underlined that allowing consumers to make informed choice is essential both to effective competition and consumer welfare. Knowledge of the basic principles of nutrition and appropriate nutrition information on foods would contribute significantly towards enabling the consumer to make such an informed choice. Knowledge of the basic principles of nutrition and appropriate nutrition information on foods would contribute significantly towards enabling the consumer to make such an informed choice.