Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the front of pack labelling, it is being considered in the context of the European Commission's proposal. The Commission has to review the Food Information to Consumers Regulation under both the farm to fork strategy and Europe's beating cancer plan. Unfortunately, that has been deferred by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, SANTE, and there has been no revised date provided to progress the draft proposals but it is something that would obviously be extremely beneficial. Ireland welcomes the proposal to review the Food Information to Consumers Regulation and we would be in favour of front of pack labelling that was included in the European Commission's proposal.

There is a proposal at European level and that is something we need to work on and try to get through.