€1bn campaign to block food labelling

THE food industry has spent €1 billion lobbying politicians to block an easy-to-understand labelling system, according to an expert group.

Consumer groups and surveys say that a ‘traffic light’ system – showing shoppers at first glance how high the food is in sugar, salt and fats – is the easiest to understand.

But the massive food industry prefers a system based on percentages per portion, that Labour MEP Nessa Childers and consumer bodies say leaves shoppers perplexed.