MEPs reject the food industry's call for extra health claims, Erasmus celebrates 25 years and the perfume industry comes to Brussels.

Sugar, salt and fragrance

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The EC proposed a change  to current 'health claim' labels on food.

to show that products have  reduced sugar, salt and fat.

But stating that a product has 15%  less sugar, salt or fat

than before,  doesn't mean it's healthy.

At the moment, we have 'reduced fat',  'reduced sugar', 'light', 'reduced',

and now they wanted  to have an 'X% less' claim as well.

How is the consumer  supposed to understand

We want it simple. A reduction of 30%  means you can have a reduced claim.

The Environment Committee  rejected the EC proposal.

Now it will go to the full vote  of the house on Thursday.

Worth €10 billion a year, the perfume  industry is important to the EU economy.

The formula in each perfume  is not copyrighted,

so counterfeiters can  produce less safe products.

talked about the importance  of protecting trade secrets.

Some countries have trade secret  protection, some have none at all,

and they're all a bit different.  It's a bit of a pea soup of a regulation.

So we're trying to ask  if this could be harmonised.

Erasmus, the EU student exchange  programme is 25 this week.

MEP and former Erasmus student  Franziska Keller explains why it's important.

If we want to bring young people together,  create a European identity,

it's very important to have  this cross-country experience.