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Is all fair in love & war, logos & lobbying? France begins nutrition label trial

A total of two million labels will be added to products in 40 participating supermarkets: Casino, Carrefour Market and Simply Market, across four regions (Ile-de-France, Normandy, Hauts-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) for 10 weeks.

Pizzas, bakery products, jams, spreads and breads are among the products that will all receive a logo.

The four nutrition logos being tested are: SENS, NutriScore, Nutri-Repère and Traffic Light.

A report evaluating the efficacy of the four systems will be produced by year's end at the earliest and submitted to health minister Marisol Touraine, at which point the government will decide which should be adopted as the country’s official nutrition label.

However use of the chosen system will be voluntary as EU regulation prohibits mandatory food labelling in individual member states.

 

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Food Labelling Services comments:

There has been much controversey over the voluntary front of pack labelling. THe UK currently support the traffic light system, which shows colours, %RI's and quantities on the FOP. However other European countries say it unfairly discriminates certain foods that are high in salt, fat or sugar but that are traditionally eaten in small quantities, such as parmesan, and have questioned its legality in the common EU market. it will be interesting to see the outcome of the French trials, and whether Europe will be harmonised over the FOP labelling approach.