Bellanova: “support to Italy for a new EU harmonized scheme for front-pack nutrition labeling
The convergence between Italy and Poland for an adequate allocation of coupled aid and for the protection of small farms, the critical issues to be overcome on green architecture, the strategic nature of origin labeling and the need for a "mature" approach to labeling front-pack nutritional.
These were some of the issues dealt with during the bilateral meeting held between Minister Bellanova and her Polish counterpart Grzegorz Puda, on the sidelines of the Agrifish Council which is taking place in Luxembourg.
“The issue of consumer information, the subject of the Commission's attention in the From the field to the table strategy is very important to us”, said Bellanova during the interview. “Regarding labeling of origin”, he continued, “we are satisfied with the growing support for the principle of mandatory indication of origin, which we would like for all product categories and of course for raw materials. We consider it an important factor for countries with a great agricultural tradition such as ours, which will make it possible to promote the development of territorial areas known for their products but otherwise depressed, and to counteract the attempts to counterfeit our excellent products ”.
As for the need for a mature approach in terms of front-pack labeling, Bellanova urged support for the battle waged by Italy, so that "the products of our national food traditions are excluded from labeling systems that purport to express a judgment on the value nutrition through the simplistic use of colors, judgments or summary scores. We want ", said the Minister," that the Commission moves towards a voluntary scheme capable of informing the consumer in a transparent way, without orienting their choices and without causing damage to those products of excellence that are the flagship of the agro-industry European. " Hence the invitation to Puda for a careful evaluation "of the arguments presented in the document presented at Agrifish in September together with the Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Cyprus and Latvia, not surprisingly shared by all the European agricultural associations gathered in COPA-COGECA ".