At the Council meeting, the Member States adopted very important conclusions on food improvement with a view of making healthy food choice and easy choice for customers by means of reducing sugar, salt and saturated fat content in food by 2020.
The ministers also agreed on Council Conclusions on the next steps under the one health approach to combat antimicrobial resistance. The document invites the member states and the European Commission to have in place before mid-2017 national and European action plans that consist of actions covering human healthcare and veterinary medicine and other sectors with the aim of reducing threats related to antimicrobial resistance.
An important achievement made by the member states was to adopt conclusions on improving the balance of the European pharmaceutical systems. The document underlines that several measures should be taken to guarantee a more patient centred and sustainable European pharmaceutical policy.
At the meeting, the Presidency also informed the delegations about the successful outcome of the trilogues on the medical devices and in vitro diagnostics regulations. The formal adoption and the publication of the two pieces of legislation is expected in the course of the last quarter of 2016.
