Nutri-Score Remains the Front Runner for Europe s Food Label Program
Researchers who have been studying the French-born FOPL respond to the criticism that Nutri-Score is at odds with the Mediterranean diet.
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The popularity of Nutri-Score across the European Union continues to rise in the bloc’s bid to harmonize all front-of-pack labeling (FOPL) systems by 2022.
In Germany, the adoption of Nutri-Score continues to gain traction, with more major food companies opting to label their products with the French-born FOPL.
Olive oil is in no way penalized by Nutri-Score. Olive oil is rated C, which is the best score for added fats… This ranking is fully consistent with public health recommendations.
UPDATE 3-WHO says vaccine makers working non-stop to plug supply gap, urges patience Reuters 1/28/2021
(Adds quote from WHO Europe vaccination expert) WHO urges solidarity amid vaccine rollout teething problems EU, Britain clash over delays in promised vaccine supply WHO s Kluge hopes extra future production eases delays Russian vaccine data bound for Geneva -WHO Europe boss
By Stephanie Nebehay and John Miller
GENEVA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization s Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies to countries struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and urged them not to jostle for deliveries.
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WHO warns against premature lifting of Covid restrictions in Europe
Syringes are ready for elderly citizens to be administered the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination point at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Poland, 28 January 2021.) EFE/EPA/Leszek Szymanski
Syringes are ready for elderly citizens to be administered the Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination point at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Poland, 28 January 2021. EFE/EPA/Leszek Szymanski
The World Health Organization’s Europe office warned on Thursday against the premature lifting of restrictions as transmissions of Covid-19 remain high, coupled with the risks posed by new coronavirus variants.
Publishing date: Jan 28, 2021 • January 28, 2021 • 3 minute read •
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LONDON/BRUSSELS Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies intensified on Thursday when the European Union said it would tighten oversight of exports after a row with AstraZeneca and Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for.
The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems.
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WHO says vaccine makers working non-stop to plug supply gap, urges patience By Stephanie Nebehay and John Miller
Hans Kluge, World Health Organization regional director for Europe, attends a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies to countries struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and urged them not to jostle for deliveries.
“Solidarity does not necessarily mean that each country in the world starts (vaccinating) at exactly the same moment … The good understanding is that no one is safe before everyone is safe,” Kluge told an online news briefing.