Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

With this in mind, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland announced yesterday a new report on food labelling in Ireland and a national campaign on the importance of correct food product labelling. This report, The Labelling of Food in Ireland 2007, aims to dispel confusion as to what a food label should contain. It will ultimately assist food businesses to ensure correct labelling. This will benefit consumers by enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions based on accurate and clear food labelling.

All food labelling should provide sufficient information to help all of us as consumers make an informed purchasing decision. Given that label space is limited, it is accepted that it may be necessary to distinguish the information that must be provided from that which should be provided. Further discussion is necessary on this information.

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