Catherine Stihler, Scottish Labour MEP

Sir,

Do we really know what’s in our food?

Labour’s Scottish Euro-MPs are about to vote on whether shoppers have a right to clear and understandable information about the food we buy.

But food manufacturers have been lobbying hard to stop the use of ‘traffic light labels’, which use green, amber and red markings to show how much salt, fat and sugar is contained in processed foods like ready meals.

The British Heart Foundation and Which? both back the labels, and I’ve received many letters from people in Scotland asking me to support them.

I for one am very happy to give my name to the campaign for honest up-front labelling and hope the region’s other MEPs will put aside party differences to join me in helping shoppers make an informed choice about what they’re buying.

Yours sincerely

Catherine Stihler MEP