Emma Calvert

@Ed_Authority The list of closed schools on your website is not accurate. My kid’s school is on the list but when I called them up they said that no, they were staying open. It’s pretty confusing for parents..

⚠️ Emergency Early School Closure - Storm Amy ⚠️ All schools located in the areas affected by the amber weather warning in Northern Ireland are required to close at 12 midday today, Friday 03 October 2025. (Counties Antrim, Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh) This decision has been taken in the interests of the safety of children, young people and staff. The amber warning covers the western half of Northern Ireland - counties Antrim, Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh. The Education Authority consulted with the Met Office to ensure there had been no overnight amendments to the alert. The alert applies to the period 3pm to 8pm today and is warning of a spell of damaging winds on Friday late afternoon and evening. It has cited the potential for power cuts and damage to buildings, including a risk of injuries from flying debris.

The Portman Group claims including cancer warnings on labels would cause "unnecessary anxiety" among people. However, only 13% of Brits know alcohol causes cancer. The industry wants to keep people in the dark about alcohol's risks, to protect profits. theguardian.com/society/2025/f…

''We need to make the healthier choice the easier one'' Great intervention from @EmmaCalvert3 (@beuc) who stressed the importance of addressing #animalwelfare labelling in legislation.

Doing something about our children breathing this sh** obviously completely absent from the new government's priorities for Brussels

Nutrient profiles were supposed to be set by January 2006 to set limits on the levels of sugar, salt and/or fats, above which a food or beverage cannot use a claim on the packaging or for marketing purposes. 16 years later, we're still waiting. x.com/i/status/18812…

Η Ευρωπαική Οργάνωση Καταναλωτών (@beuc) μαζί με 6 οργανώσεις μέλη δημιούργησαν το παρακάτω βίντεο ζητώντας από την ΕΕ να καθορίσει τα προφίλ των θρεπτικών συστατικών των προιόντων. #BEUC #ΕΚΠΟΙΖΩ #ekpizo #BlueMonday

😢Danes je »Otožni ponedeljek«, znan kot najbolj depresiven dan v letu. 🇪🇺🛒Je pa to tudi dan, ko obeležujemo 16-letno zamudo Evropske komisije pri preprečevanju zavajajoče rabe prehranskih in zdravstvenih trditev na živilih. Več o tem 👇 #BlueMonday @beuc zps.si/aktualne-vsebi…

Perfiles nutricionales en alimentos, ¿para cuándo 😢? #BlueMonday Cumplimos un triste aniversario para los consumidores 🛒: 16 años de retraso de la Comisión Europea para acabar con alegaciones en alimentos que no tienen perfil nutricional saludable @beuc ocu.org/alimentacion/a…

🥣One of these breakfast products has 1% sugar, the other has 34% (‼️) sugar content. But both are able to make nutrition claims on their packaging. 🤨Why? 👎 Because the EU has failed (for 1️⃣6️⃣yrs) to set max levels of fats, salt and sugar for the use of such claims!

Juices with more sugar than cola proudly labelled as ‘antioxidant’, salty processed meat enticing consumers with ‘source of protein’ or biscuits boasting about their fibre content... legislation to #StopDodgyClaims is needed more than ever! beuc.eu/news/eu-16-yea…

🛒It’s hard enough for today’s busy consumers to make quick healthy choices in the supermarket. 🥫Health + nutrition claims which appear on the front of an unhealthy product's packaging make a difficult job even tougher for shoppers trying to go for healthier options.

‘Rich in Vitamin D’? That may well be but when a cereal is nearly 40% sugar, such a claim isn't deserved. That was the original intention of EU legislation on food claims. But with a history of lobbying + long delays, this law is still unfulfilled. Consumers are still misled.

🎂Sweet 1️⃣6️⃣? Minimum nutrition requirements for food claims were due from the EU *16* yrs ago. The failure to do so ➡️ even candies can still boast they have 'no fat' or '40% fibre' - leaving info on the staggering amounts of sugar hidden on the back Time to #StopDodgyClaims

🌱🍔 Few things spark debate like the controversy around #plantbased meat alternatives: Are they healthier? Why the name? @beuc’s new report dives deep into veggie burgers to settle the debate once and for all. beuc.eu/reports/unwrap…

There’s a lot of talk about veggie burgers, with questions around how they're named and what they're made of. We've compiled consumer organisations’ views on these products and their place in diets with more diversified protein sources: beuc.eu/reports/unwrap… #Veganuary2025

At an @EPPGroup hearing on child protection this PM, our colleague @maryantfp will underline harm that young people are exposed to online, inc. addictive design, deceptive practices, data/commercial exploitation...€50bn/year in mental health costs. The EU needs to act:

Here’s why we need to #PutItOnTheBottle 👇 x.com/beuc/status/16…

Last orders for alcohol industry special treatment! Alcohol products continue to enjoy the unjustified exemption from having to provide nutritional ingredients info. QR codes aren’t up to scratch for busy consumers. euractiv.de/section/gesund…

16 years since @nycinews published its "Mapping Youth Exposure to Alcohol Marketing in Ireland" report, this broadcast watershed is finally being commenced. But, it is not enough & regulation is way behind realities of digital advertising to young people rte.ie/news/2025/0110…

“The big problem in Europe is this incapacity to not give way to lobbies and put public health first.” 👏 Insightful interview of #NutriScore creator @HercbergS, warning that corporate disinformation is shortening EU consumers' lives. politico.eu/article/europe…