ESC vergadert over marketing van gezondheidsclaims in de voedselsector, en het welzijn van dieren tijdens transporten (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europees Economisch en Sociaal Comité (EESC) i, gepubliceerd op dinsdag 3 februari 2004, 10:28.

Mr Geoffrey Podger, the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will be speaking at the European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC) NAT Section meeting on Thursday 5 February at 2.30pm.

Mr Podger will be discussing the issues of nutrition and health claims made on food, and animal welfare during transportation, subjects that form the basis of two Section Opinions* that are due to be adopted during the meeting. He will also discuss the ongoing relationship between the EFSA and the EESC.

Note to editors: In its 2001 Opinion on the establishment of the Authority, the EESC announced its intention to organise periodical ad hoc evaluations of developments in the area of food safety, in order to enable an on-going involvement of organised civil society and to contribute to transparency, dialogue and communication towards the public. Now that the Authority has been officially located in Parma, its operational effectiveness in risk assessment, communication and its role in increasing overall public confidence in the whole food chain is being widely discussed among various civil society stakeholders.

The European Economic and Social Committee represents the various economic and social components of organised civil society. It is an institutional consultative body established by the 1957 Treaty of Rome. Its consultative role enables its members, and hence the organisations they represent, to participate in the Community decision-making process. The Committee has 222 members. Its members are appointed by the Council of Ministers.

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