Portugal’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, José Manuel Fernandes, announced that Portugal will revoke the implementation of Nutri-Score. In a statement to Público magazine, Fernandes described the “last-minute” order from the previous administration, which proposed implementing the Nutri-Score food label, as “illegal” because it was issued without prior consultation with the state entities responsible for EU-related policies.

The minister rejected Nutri-Score on the grounds that it is contrary to positions adopted by Portugal, which has always supported harmonization with a system adopted at the European level. Currently, there is no harmonized food labeling system in the EU, although it is an objective of the “Farm t...