08 May 2024 --- The incumbent Italian government, led by Giorgia Meloni, has proposed a change to the nation’s constitution in relation to the adoption of the five-color front-of-pack label Nutri-Score. Serge Hercberg, professor of nutrition at the faculty of medicine at Sorbonne Paris North University, France, on whose work the Nutri-Score is based, argues strongly against the food policies of Meloni’s party.