In June, CIAA`s Board endorsed a common Nutrition Labelling Scheme recommended for use by the food and drink industries across all 25 Member States of the EU.

In a follow-up to this initiative, on 18 September, CIAA held a seminar devoted to presenting the details of the CIAA Nutrition Labelling Scheme to members of the European Platform, providing for an exchange of views on the scheme and a debate on the practicalities of its implementation.  Attending the seminar were Platform members from BEUC, EUFIC, EuroCommerce, EUROCOOP, FERCO and WFA.

Implementation of the scheme is an individual decision taken by each operator.  Seven global companies committed in July 2006 to implement the scheme.  CIAA is in process of monitoring the implementation of the scheme through a product-labelling questionnaire.

Increasing the nutritional information provided by operators remains the most important task that CIAA has put forward in the scheme. 

More information on the CIAA Nutrition Labelling Scheme can be found by clicking here.