"EU health commissioner warns of possible junk food legislation
01-20-2005, 11h39
Patrick Lin - (AFP/File)
LONDON (AFP) - The European Union could consider legislation to regulate the junk food industry so as to tackle the continent's increasing obesity problem, the EU's health commissioner said.
While urgent action was needed, self-regulation by the food industry was the best and quickest way to deal with the problem, health and consumer affairs commissioner Markos Kyprianou told the Financial Times. "
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