# Food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control

European Parliament procedure 2011/0156(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ENVI / IMCO / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 450 committee amendments tabled by 50 Members between 2012-01-17 and 2012-01-26.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier sets rules on food for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control. Amendments revise the title and definitions to cover very-low-calorie diets, formula for low-birth-weight and pre-term infants, food for intense muscular effort and food for people intolerant to gluten, restrict 'specialised nutrition' labelling on ordinary foodstuffs, and confer delegated-act powers.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oreste ROSSI | Italy | PPE | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97196.md |
| Amalia SARTORI | Italy | PPE | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4423.md |
| Matteo SALVINI | Italy | ENF | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28404.md |
| Elisabetta GARDINI | Italy | PPE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/58758.md |
| Paolo BARTOLOZZI | Italy | PPE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/21818.md |
| Lara COMI | Italy | PPE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96775.md |
| Andrea ZANONI | Italy | ALDE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/108329.md |
| Tiziano MOTTI | Italy | PPE | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96760.md |
| Esther DE LANGE | Netherlands | PPE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38398.md |
| Carl SCHLYTER | Sweden | Verts/ALE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28139.md |
| Michèle RIVASI | France | Verts/ALE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96743.md |
| Patrizia TOIA | Italy | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28340.md |
| Mario PIRILLO | Italy | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96890.md |
| Kartika Tamara LIOTARD | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28182.md |
| Gianni PITTELLA | Italy | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4436.md |

## Official source documents

- PE478.332: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-478.332+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE480.536: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.536+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE480.592: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.592+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE480.605: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.605+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0156-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0156-COD.json

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