EuroParlRadio’s Karen Coleman talks to the Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan about misleading claims on labels of energy drinks and other food and drinks products. On Thursday July 7th the European Parliament vetoed EU Commission plans to allow claims that sugary drinks and energy drinks containing caffeine boost “alertness” or “concentration”.

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EU Commission
plans to allow claims that sugary drinks and energy drinks containing caffeine
boost “alertness” or “concentration” were vetoed by the European Parliament today
(Thursday). Displaying these claims on drinks cans would have led to higher
sugar consumption among adolescents, who are the largest group of energy drink
consumers, MEPs said in their resolution.
According to the European Parliament a
250ml can of energy drink can contain up to 27g of sugar and 80mg of caffeine. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan says the rules around food labelling
need to be improved.  

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It’s essential the Dail and Seanad get to
vote on the freshly negotiated EU trade agreement with Canada. The
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, known as CETA, has taken eight (8)
years to broker and the EU Commission is in the final stages of wrapping it up.
This week the Commission gave a commitment that the agreement would also need
to be ratified by National Parliaments. Marian Harkin says that’s essential as
the trade agreement will have both a positive and negative impact for people in
Ireland.

Out words: ratify it

Dur: 00:43