On the 10th of February, the team behind Regulation and Taxation (WP 5) co-hosted the webinar "Shaping Healthier Food Environments through Front-of-Pack Labelling" in collaboration with WHO. The webinar can now be watched at WHO European Regions´ channel.
The aim of the webinar was to bring forward the latest developments for Front of Pack Labelling (FOPL) in Europe. FOPL is an important policy tool to promote healthy eating habits, with high impact on consumers’ empowerment.
One of the keynote speakers in the webinar was Chantal Julia. As an experienced nutritional epidemiologist and a senior researcher in the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team, in Sorbonne Paris Nord University, she is recognised as an international expert in the field of front-of-package nutrition labels. Additional keynote speakers were Laura Rossi, from the National Institute of Health in Italy and a partner in the JA PreventNCD, and Fabio Da Silva Gomes, from the Pan-American Health Organization (WHO).
Following the speeches there was a panel discussion where Petrine Johansen (Danish UN Youth Delegate), Alison Tedstone (Independent Nutritionist and former Chief Nutritionist, England), Sebastian Hielm (Head g Department of Food and Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Government, Finland) and Marco Silano (National Institute of Health, JA prevent NCD partner, Italy) participated.