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New criteria for amount of salt, sugar and saturated fat in foods

The National Approach to Product Improvement (Nationale Aanpak Productverbetering, in Dutch NAPV) is set to start this year.

Een consument in de supermarkt leest de ingrediëntenlijst van een voedingsproduct

New: NEVO online 2021

RIVM published a new online edition of the Dutch food composition database (NEVO).

Estimated costs of foodborne infections 140 million euros lower in 2020

In 2020, the estimated costs of foodborne infections in the Netherlands were 140 million euros lower than in the preceding year. This corresponds to a 30% decrease.

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Better monitoring of RSV thanks to new European project

RIVM and Nivel contribute to building a European RSV monitoring network. Through the network, European health institutions and laboratories will exchange data on the spread of RSV. This will help us to better monitor the virus.

RIVM collaborates at European level on the implemention of the Nutri-Score label

The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Switzerland are collaborating to facilitate the nutritional label NutriScore.

Young people who use screens before sleeping have more sleep problems

Young people (13-18 years) who use light-emitting screens daily in the hour before going to sleep have more sleep problems.

Less meat and more tap water benefits health and the environment

In the Netherlands, diets with a high environmental impact contain more meat and energy.