Emma Calvert

Senior Food Policy Officer, European Consumer Organisation (@BEUC) Working on food, glorious food. Also posting on @emmacalvert.bsky.social

[Emma Calvert @EmmaCalvert3]

@Ed_Authority The list of closed schools on your website is not accurate. My kid’s school is on the list but when I called them up they said that no, they were staying open.

It’s pretty confusing for parents..

[IAS @InstAlcStud]

The Portman Group claims including cancer warnings on labels would cause "unnecessary anxiety" among people.

However, only 13% of Brits know alcohol causes cancer.

The industry wants to keep people in the dark about alcohol's risks, to protect profits.

https://t.co/BO74z2QR9w

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

''We need to make the healthier choice the easier one''

Great intervention from @EmmaCalvert3 (@beuc) who stressed the importance of addressing #animalwelfare labelling in legislation.

[Brussels pedestrian 🇵🇸 @bXLpedestrian]

Doing something about our children breathing this sh** obviously completely absent from the new government's priorities for Brussels

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

Nutrient profiles were supposed to be set by January 2006 to set limits on the levels of sugar, salt and/or fats, above which a food or beverage cannot use a claim on the packaging or for marketing purposes. 16 years later, we're still waiting.
https://t.co/BZPAcLoyG5

[ekpizo @ekpizo]

Η Ευρωπαική Οργάνωση Καταναλωτών (@beuc) μαζί με 6 οργανώσεις μέλη δημιούργησαν το παρακάτω βίντεο ζητώντας από την ΕΕ να καθορίσει τα προφίλ των θρεπτικών συστατικών των προιόντων.

#BEUC #ΕΚΠΟΙΖΩ #ekpizo #BlueMonday

[Zveza potrošnikov Slovenije @zpsslo]

😢Danes je »Otožni ponedeljek«, znan kot najbolj depresiven dan v letu. 🇪🇺🛒Je pa to tudi dan, ko obeležujemo 16-letno zamudo Evropske komisije pri preprečevanju zavajajoče rabe prehranskih in zdravstvenih trditev na živilih. Več o tem 👇
#BlueMonday @beuc
https://t.co/wuZPxu6lwH

[OCU @consumidores]

Perfiles nutricionales en alimentos, ¿para cuándo 😢?
#BlueMonday Cumplimos un triste aniversario para los consumidores 🛒: 16 años de retraso de la Comisión Europea para acabar con alegaciones en alimentos que no tienen perfil nutricional saludable @beuc
https://t.co/RntATwVotM

[Emma Calvert @EmmaCalvert3]

🥣One of these breakfast products has 1% sugar, the other has 34% (‼️) sugar content. But both are able to make nutrition claims on their packaging.

🤨Why?

👎 Because the EU has failed (for 1️⃣6️⃣yrs) to set max levels of fats, salt and sugar for the use of such claims!

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

Juices with more sugar than cola proudly labelled as ‘antioxidant’, salty processed meat enticing consumers with ‘source of protein’ or biscuits boasting about their fibre content... legislation to #StopDodgyClaims is needed more than ever! https://t.co/1XFUoDMoSU

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

Juices with more sugar than cola proudly labelled as ‘antioxidant’, salty processed meat enticing consumers with ‘source of protein’ or biscuits boasting about their fibre content... legislation to #StopDodgyClaims is needed more than ever! https://t.co/1XFUoDMoSU

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

🛒It’s hard enough for today’s busy consumers to make quick healthy choices in the supermarket.
🥫Health + nutrition claims which appear on the front of an unhealthy product's packaging make a difficult job even tougher for shoppers trying to go for healthier options.

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

‘Rich in Vitamin D’? That may well be but when a cereal is nearly 40% sugar, such a claim isn't deserved. That was the original intention of EU legislation on food claims. But with a history of lobbying + long delays, this law is still unfulfilled. Consumers are still misled.

[Emma Calvert @EmmaCalvert3]

🎂Sweet 1️⃣6️⃣?

Minimum nutrition requirements for food claims were due from the EU *16* yrs ago.

The failure to do so ➡️ even candies can still boast they have 'no fat' or '40% fibre' - leaving info on the staggering amounts of sugar hidden on the back

Time to #StopDodgyClaims

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

😢This #BlueMonday we're marking a sad anniversary for consumers. Nutrient Profiles to prevent health + nutrition claims on fatty, salty or sugary products should have been set... 𝟭𝟲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 ago. Without them we still see unhealthy products using claims as 'healthy halos' 👇

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

🌱🍔 Few things spark debate like the controversy around #plantbased meat alternatives:
Are they healthier? Why the name?

@beuc’s new report dives deep into veggie burgers to settle the debate once and for all.

https://t.co/3tAQWrNyq9

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

There’s a lot of talk about veggie burgers, with questions around how they're named and what they're made of. We've compiled consumer organisations’ views on these products and their place in diets with more diversified protein sources:
https://t.co/cN7vgtJ7jS
#Veganuary2025

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

At an @EPPGroup hearing on child protection this PM, our colleague @maryantfp will underline harm that young people are exposed to online, inc. addictive design, deceptive practices, data/commercial exploitation...€50bn/year in mental health costs. The EU needs to act:

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

Here’s why we need to #PutItOnTheBottle 👇 https://t.co/OvwyK3gmp6

[The Consumer Voice @beuc]

Last orders for alcohol industry special treatment! Alcohol products continue to enjoy the unjustified exemption from having to provide nutritional ingredients info. QR codes aren’t up to scratch for busy consumers. https://t.co/l8mwDz9oxA

[Kathryn Walsh @kathrynreilly]

16 years since @nycinews published its "Mapping Youth Exposure to Alcohol Marketing in Ireland" report, this broadcast watershed is finally being commenced. But, it is not enough & regulation is way behind realities of digital advertising to young people https://t.co/5Hs3NWy0SZ

[Slow Food Europe @SlowFoodEurope]

“The big problem in Europe is this incapacity to not give way to lobbies and put public health first.” 👏

Insightful interview of #NutriScore creator @HercbergS, warning that corporate disinformation is shortening EU consumers' lives.
https://t.co/BbXRAt0JmM