Food Nutrition Claims in EU Watchdog's Sights
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PARMA, Italy  - The European Union's food safety  watchdog may start checking whether food manufacturers are  telling the truth when they claim food is "low fat" or "high in  vitamins," the agency's head said on Monday.
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SHOPPERS want clear âtraffic lightâ labels on food to help them choose healthy items, according to the Governmentâs food watchdog.
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European Commission is looking into claims that Intel has been pressuring Europe's largest computer chain.
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A report accuses the food industry of misleading consumers with its new food labelling.
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It&#39;s time for Europe to reassess its  skepticism towards genetically modified (GMO) foods and trust  scientists who have deemed them safe -- or risk more  international lawsuits, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
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The European Union must accept more genetically modified foods to avoid renewed complaints about market barriers at the World Trade Organization, the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, said Thursday.
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An international conference in Spain is looking at the benefits of a diet rich in olive oil.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 2  - US regulators have agreed to allow makers of olive oil products to make the claim that their products might reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
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Pupils in England will learn more about how food is grown and how it reaches the consumer in a new  scheme.
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Demand for calorie labels on restaurant food is sweeping the country but the real question is whether diners with more information will make wiser decisions.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (IPS) - The European Union has decided to maintain a target  for increasing the use of biofuels despite mounting concerns that  its strategy could worsen global hunger.
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A new FDA policy means that firms marketing olive oil products can claim that &quot;limited and not conclusive scientific evidence&quot; suggests that eating about two tablespoons of olive oil each day might reduce the risk of heart disease.
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A senior EU official said on Thursday  urgent action was needed to tackle obesity among Europe's young  and warned the food industry it faced legislation in a year  unless it stopped advertising junk food to children.
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The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
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The research, published in this week&#39;s Lancet medical journal, should bolster the arguments against those in the food industry who claim that the obesity is caused not by what you eat but how little exercise you take.
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EU ministers ended 18 months of squabbling on Tuesday over new rules for organic farming and came up with a labeling system that will tell consumers exactly what they are buying on the supermarket shelves.
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British and Irish consumers may have to eat paler breakfast sausages and burgers after the European Union banned the use of a red food coloring, Red 2G, in the European Union due to concern it could cause cancer.