Table 6 Political convergences & divergences inside of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council
From: Development of uniform food information –the case of front of package nutrition labels in the EU
Issues | Signatories of the Presidency Conclusions on FOPNLs – December 2020 | Signatories of the non-paper on FOPNLs - September 2020 |
|---|---|---|
Harmonization | Yes | Yes |
Complementary to national nutrition guidelines and respectful of national cultures | Yes | Yes |
Easy to understand without in-depth nutrition knowledge, visible and unambiguous | Yes | No |
Transparent for the consumers and easy to monitor | Yes | No |
Exclusion of certain food categories (such as PDO, PGI, TGI and single-ingredient products) | Yes | Yes |
Non evaluative label, no use of colors but provision of factual information | No | Yes |
Reference to actual intake instead of 100 g or milliliters | No | Yes |