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Portugal also says no to Nutriscore

New center-right government cancels the measure decided by the previous center-left executive

The opposition to Nutriscore, the food labelling system that sees Italy as one of the main adversaries, is increasingly widening. The new Portuguese government that came to power in early April and led by Luís Montenegro, leader of the centre-right coalition Democratic Alliance, decided to revoke the NutriScore labelling plan that had been approved by the previous Costa III government, centre-left,...

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Lisbona, Portogallo, 06/12/2024 06:46
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