Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the minutes from the recent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition horizon scan meeting of 9 October 2024 on ultra-processed foods.

United Kingdom dietary recommendations are based on independent advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). The SACN publishes minutes for all its meetings on its GOV.UK webpages.

On 9 October 2024, the SACN held a horizon scan meeting, at which the committee discussed the topic of processed foods and health. Papers for these meetings are available on the SACN webpage, at the following link:

https://app.box.com/s/yuxmdx4jfxmgxycjj08mc5hw51plu942

Draft minutes of this meeting will be published on the SACN webpage early in 2025. The SACN webpage is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-committee-on-nutrition#sacn-meetings

The SACN is planning to publish an update review on processed foods and health in 2025.