The Commission White Paper of 30 May 2007 on a Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity related health issues (the ‘Commission White Paper’) noted that nutrition labelling is one important method of informing consumers about the composition of foods and of helping them to make an informed choice.
Sa Pháipéar Bán ón gCoimisiún an 30 Bealtaine 2007 maidir le Straitéis don Eoraip i ndáil le saincheisteanna sláinte a bhaineann le Cothú, Iomarca Meáchain agus Otracht (an “Páipéar Bán ón gCoimisiún”), tugadh faoi deara gur modh tábhachtach é an lipéadú cothúcháin chun tomhaltóirí a chur ar an eolas maidir le comhdhéanamh bianna agus chun cuidiú leo rogha eolasach a dhéanamh.