Pending the European Parliament's opinion, the Council took note of a progress report on the state of play of the examination carried out until now on the Commission's proposal for a Regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
The Council held an exchange of views aimed at giving guidance for future work, in particular focusing on :
- the role of regulatory and other Community measures in ensuring proper information that enables the consumer to make healthy food choices, in the context of the overall community strategy to fight public health threats such as obesity and overweight;
- the concept of "nutrient profiles" as an instrument to helping the consumer at making healthy food choices.