Annie Genevard refuses, as it stands, the update of the food rating system


The Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, in the National Assembly, on March 4, 2025.

Why is the new classification of Nutri-Score, this nutritional labeling on the front of food packaging, is still not in force on French shelves, when it has been for more than a year with Belgian or German neighbors? The nutritional logo, adopted by seven European countries, provides in its statutes updates to take into account new scientific knowledge. The last update, resulting from an evaluation work over eighteen months, was validated in 2023 by the European Governance Committee of Nutri-Score. She thus reviews the notations of several categories of sweet, salty products, and improves those of foods with a high fiber content. This Nutri-Score 2.0 was to apply in early 2024, but fourteen months later, the government decree is still not published.

Wednesday, March 5, during questions to the government in the Senate, the Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, brought an explanation to this period :: “The decision was made over a year ago. The decree is at my signature. I have not yet signed, I do not know what are my room for maneuver to correct the negative effects, but believe that I am very interested in it. »» And clear, mMe Genevard, who answered a question from the Aveyron senator Jean-Claude Anglars (Les Républicains, LR) on the bad ranking of Roquefort (rated e), indicates that she does not wish to sign as the state the update of the Nutri-Score.

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