ROME (ITALPRESS) – “We will not accept any downward compromise on the Front of pack labeling system that we believe to be optimal: Nutrinform. The future of food is at stake. And together with the food industry we will defend the model based on our diet Mediterranean. ” This was stated by the president of Confagricoltura, Massimiliano Giansanti, opening the conference organized by Agronetwork, the Association made up of Confagricoltura, Nomisma and Luiss Guido Carli University. Confagricoltura is pleased to contribute to the request of the EU Commission for a future revision of the regulation regarding the schematic simplification of the voluntary nutritional information on the label, but the nutritional information must have an objective scientific basis and follow shared dietary and nutritional guidelines. In addition, consumer citizen education campaigns must be launched so that what is reported on the front of the packaging is understood and virtuous behavior put into practice. “None of this can be represented by the Nutriscore system – said Giansanti – therefore together with the food industry we will carry on our battle in Europe, together with Copa and the countries that support our battery system, based on the concept of diet, healthy and balanced, and the consequent nutritional education “. “Never as in this moment producers and industrialists must be united in this battle against labeling systems such as Nutriscore in the interest of the whole country – remarked the president of Federalimentare Ivano Vacondio -. There are absolutely no good or bad products; that what matters is not food, but the food system and diets. And labels must not demonize, rather inform and educate. The Nutrinform system already has the support of European countries and the front of those in favor of Nutriscore is crumbling. continue this battle bearing in mind that it is not only played in Europe, but also on a global level and that we will have to see us at the forefront already in July, on the occasion of the Pre-Food Systems Summit which will take place in Rome “, he added. Support guaranteed by the European Parliament, as assured by Alessandra Moretti, of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; by the Italian Government represented by the Undersecretary for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Gian Marco Centinaio, and by the Deputy Director General of FAO Maurizio Martina. The general manager of Confagricoltura, Francesco Postorino, invited to continue the debate and discussion on this issue. “Labeling systems such as Nutriscore – he said – go in the absolutely opposite direction: towards the standardization of the concept of nutrition. A drift that we must absolutely avoid in the interest of producers, but above all of consumers”. (ITALPRESS). ads / com 27-May-21 16:47
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