Over the weekend a range of big food and drink manufacturers announced they are going to cut the calories in their products to help tackle obesity. This is part of the government’s new ‘responsibility deal’ to encourage the food industry …

Every parent wants their child to have the best possible start in life. We all know that the nutrition that babies receive in their first months and years is crucial for their growth and development, and will affect them for …

I want food labels to be simple and honest about what is inside them. This is not always as easy as it sounds, but today was a victory for consumers as the European Parliament supported my objection to a new …

Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in Europe and MEP for the East Midlands, spoke to Europarl TV on this week’s vote on nutrition claims.

Glenis Willmott formed a cross-party alliance of MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health …

More and more people want to make healthy choices in terms of the food they eat, but when deciding which food should go in the shopping trolley it can get a bit confusing. A certain brand of breakfast cereal might …