title: Research and lobbying conflicting on the issue of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling in France.
abstract: Front-of-pack nutrition labelling has been highlighted as a promising strategy to help consumers making healthier food choices at the point of purchase. In France, a simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling system was proposed in 2014, the 5-Colour Nutrition Label (5-CNL). It is supported by studies evaluating the various dimensions of the validation of both its underlying classification algorithm and its format. Opposed by agro-industry and retailers, multiples lobbying strategies have been deployed to stop or at least delay the implementation of the 5-CNL. Various alternative nutrition labels were proposed, and a full-scale trial was successfully argued for. This paper retraces the various steps of the opposition between public health and agro-industry lobbies on the topic of front-of-pack nutrition labelling in France.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris 13, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre d'Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), Inserm U1153, Inra U1125, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, F-93017 Bobigny, France ; Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Avicenne (AP-HP), F-93017 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2006-5269
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Julia
authors.affiliation: Université Paris 13, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre d'Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), Inserm U1153, Inra U1125, Cnam, COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, F-93017 Bobigny, France ; Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Avicenne (AP-HP), F-93017 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hercberg
keywords: Agro-industry; Front-of-pack nutrition labels; Lobbies; Public health policies