Implementation report on Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods

AdoptedReference A9-0416/2023Committee ENVIFood and agriculture Consumer protection Health

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The Left38

3020694%

S&D141

110013099%

Greens/EFA71

The European Parliament adopted by 425 votes to 75, with 59 abstentions, a resolution on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.As a reminder, Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 (the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, or NHCR) was introduced with the objective of ensuring the highest level of consumer protection possible and facilitating consumers’ choices. While the NHCR’s main objective is to ensure that claims on foods are based on generally accepted scientific evidence and can be expected to be understood by the average consumer, Parliament underlined that, in practice, misleading claims are still reported in both online and offline sales of food…