IFOAM acts to stop “misleading” Eco-score label
IFOAM Organics Europe and the French Association of IFOAM Members are challenging the use of the “Eco-score” as an environmental label for non-organic food products as misleading to consumers, bringing legal action before the Paris Court of Justice.
“The organic movements request the termination of the use of environmental labelling of food products that is considered unfair to organic production and deceptive for consumers,” IFOAM stated.
The challenge is directed at the use of the Eco-score by Ademe (the French agency for the ecological transition), Yuca, operator of the Yuka platform, Eco2 Initiative, operator of the Etiquettable platform, and the association Open Food Facts.
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