This approach will contribute to achieving food safety and security for all Europeans and eradication of hunger in the world; decreasing the burden of food- and diet-related diseases by promoting the shift towards healthy and sustainable diets, via consumer education and innovations in agriculture and the food industry; reducing water and energy consumption in food processing, transport and distribution; reducing food waste by 50 % by 2030; and achieving a broad diversity of healthy, high quality and safe food for all.

The Commission shall consider in the report, inter alia, the nutritional requirements of young children, the role of those products in the diet of young children and whether those products have any nutritional benefits when compared to a normal diet for a child who is being weaned.

5.1 Foods or food ingredients with added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters | (1) ‘with added plant sterols’ or ‘with added plant stanols’ in the same field of vision as the name of the food; (2) the amount of added phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters content (expressed in % or as g of free plant sterols/plant stanols per 100 g or 100 ml of the food) shall be stated in the list of ingredients; (3) a statement that the food is intended exclusively for people who want to lower their blood cholesterol level; (4) a statement that patients on cholesterol lowering medication sh ...[+++]ould only consume the product under medical supervision; (5) an easily visible statement that the food may not be nutritionally appropriate for pregnant or breastfeeding women and children under the age of five years; (6) advice that the food is to be used as part of a balanced and varied diet, including regular consumption of fruit and vegetables to help maintain carotenoid levels; (7) in the same field of vision as the statement required under point 3) above, a statement that the consumption of more than 3 g/day of added plant sterols/plant stanols should be avoided; (8) a definition of a portion of the food or food ingredient concerned (preferably in g or ml) with the amount of the plant sterol/plant stanol that each portion contains.

- conducting investigations relating to components of diets of the various Member States or of biological or chemical food contaminants;

Data on the past and present use of the recipient plant, such as history of safe use for consumption as food or feed, including information on how the plant is typically cultivated, transported and stored, whether special processing is required to make the plant safe to eat, and the plant normal role in the diet (for example, which part of the plant is used as a food source, whether its consumption is important in particular subgroups of the population, what important macro- or micro-nutrients it contributes to the diet);

Data on the past and present use of the recipient plant. This information shall include the history of safe use for consumption as food or feed, information on how the plant is typically cultivated, transported and stored, whether special processing is required to make the plant safe to eat, and describe the normal role of the plant in the diet (such as which part of the plant is used as a food or feed source, whether its consumption is important in particular subgroups of the population, what important macro- or micro-nutrients it contributes to the diet).