date:Nov 19, 2012
FoodDrinkEurope has welcomed the latest development in Denmark following the announcement made earlier in the month to abolish the Fat Tax introduced in the country in October 2011, and to revoke plans to introduce a Sugar Tax.
According to FoodDrinkEurope, the decision by the Danish authorities confirms what food business operators and others have been saying in Europe since the introduction of this fiscal measure; namely, that discriminatory food taxes generate higher food prices for consumer