Sunday, 13 February 2011

“Dutch plan EFSA-approved healthy food logo”

“Dutch plan EFSA-approved healthy food logo”

Dutch plan EFSA-approved healthy food logo

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 03:18 AM PST

The Dutch Ministry for Public Health and Welfare has drafted a proposal for a "food choice" logo that would be applied to healthy foods and supplements that have won health claims under the European Union nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR).

The Ministry has written to the European Commission conveying its intention to merge two existing healthy foods logo schemes to incorporate existing criteria such as salt, sugar, fat and calorie content with NHCR rulings.

"The government's policy aims at stimulating healthy nutrition for the largest possible proportion of the Dutch population," it wrote. "In line with this policy is a broadly used logo facilitating the selection of healthier foods."

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