Food Policy

Welsh Government: Healthy Food Envrionment

This consultation includes proposals under 3 themes: 

  • healthier shopping baskets - to promote healthy food choices
  • healthier eating out of the home - improve available information  
  • healthier local food environments - promote positive choices of hot food takeaways
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Defra: National Food Strategy - Call for Evidence

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a call for evidence to inform its National Food Strategy.  

The National Food Strategy is intended to be an overarching strategy for government to ensure that the food system delivers safe, healthy, affordable food, is robust in the face of future shocks and is a thriving contributor to urban and rural economies, delivering well paid jobs and supporting innovative producers and manufacturers across the country.

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Scottish Government: Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt

The consultation includes proposals to restrict the location and promotion of ‘discretionary foods’ in retail outlets and other businesses selling to the public. Discretionary foods are defined as confectionery, sweet biscuits, crisps, savoury snacks, cakes, pastries, puddings, and soft drinks with added sugar.

The consultation document proposes a number of location and promotional restrictions for these discretionary foods that will impact on convenience retailers, including:

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DHSC: Further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, salt and sugar

The Department of Health and Social Care are seeking views on how the government can reduce children’s exposure to advertising for products that are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS), to reduce children’s overconsumption of these products.

DHSC want any future advertising restrictions to be focused on HFSS products that are linked to childhood obesity and to encourage brands to make their products healthier.

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