2 Amendments of Manuela RIPA related to 2023/2081(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas in its own-initiative resolution of 16 February 20221a, the European Parliament stressed in particular the role of healthy diets in preventing and limiting the incidence of cancer and encouraged the adoption of harmonised front-of-pack nutrition labelling; whereas the European Parliament supported this initiative in its own-initiative resolution of 20 October 2021 on the farm to fork strategy1b when it called on the Commission to ensure a mandatory and harmonised EU front-of- pack nutritional labelling based on scientific evidence and demonstrated consumer understanding to support accurate information on foods and healthier alternatives; _________________ 1a OJ C 342, 6.9.2022, p. 109. 1b OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas effective information tools, such as front-of-pack nutritional labels which have been scientifically proven to be effective, can help consumers opt for foods which are lower in nutrients of concern; whereas, however, information provision, education and awareness campaigns alone are insufficient to achieve the required change towards more sustainable and healthy consumer choices as these can be influenced by other key elements of food environments such as affordability, marketing and availability;