SUPPORT OUR EAST ANGLIAN FARMERS AND SHOPPERS WITH HONEST FOOD LABELLING, SAY CONSERVATIVE MEPS
20 January, 2010
With a new EU Directive on ‘Food Information to Consumers’ in the offing, Conservative MEPs are pushing for changes in food labelling that will ensure consumers have the necessary information to make an informed choice. Robert Sturdy and his [...]
Conservative MEP Robert Sturdy visited two major companies in Norwich yesterday which are both at the forefront of technology for their different industries – Lotus and BayerCrop Science.
At Lotus, Mr Sturdy was joined by campaigner John Flack. They were both impressed by the company’s innovation and development of low carbon green technology and how it [...]
Euro-MP Robert Sturdy hosted the launch of a colorectal cancer campaign in the European Parliament this week to help save lives across the European Union.
This is the second year Mr Sturdy has supported europacolon, a charity which is strongly urging all 27 member states to fully implement EU recommendations for colorectal cancer screening.
Europacolon is hoping [...]
ROBERT STURDY PRAISES JAMIE OLIVER
I would like to congratulate Jamie Oliver for his insightful Channel 4 programme “Jamie Saves Our Bacon” on pork production which highlighted the unacceptable anomalies surrounding food labelling. I know this is an issue which causes much confusion for consumers and is one I feel passionate about.
As an international trade spokesman [...]
PRESS RELEASE
10 December 2008
ROBERT STURDY URGES CLEARER LABELLING ON FOOD PRODUCTS
Euro MEP Robert Sturdy has called for more transparent and honest labelling on food products to be introduced after it emerged that food packaged as “Made in Britain” could contain Irish pork caught up in the diocin alert in the [...]
