Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Climate scientists and actuaries show the sting in climate’s tailFound: to consider carefully the appropriateness of the model and the underlying assumptions, rather than labelling
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (COSWP) 2024Found: , labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (‘the CLP Regulation’).
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme: building women’s economic empowerment into climate transitionsFound: broader well -being and position in society: • Assets: To respond to shocks, women tend to reduce food
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: Ultra-processed food (UPFs)Found: Ultra-processed food (UPFs)
Mar. 27 2024
Source Page: Green claims: CMA secures landmark changes from ASOS, Boohoo and AsdaFound: Changes could include mandated emission reporting/carbon footprint labelling per product and/or enhanced
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward further policies to help reduce the (a) sugar, (b) fat and (c) salt content in diets.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Restrictions on the advertising and volume price promotions, such as buy-one-get-one free or three for £2 offers, for less healthy foods will come into force on 1 October 2025. The advertising legislation will lead to the introduction of a 9:00pm television watershed and restrict paid-for advertising of less healthy products online, United Kingdom wide.
Impact assessments already published for these measures show that the volume price promotions restrictions are expected to accrue health benefits of £2 billion, and National Health Service savings of £180 million over 25 years. The advertising restrictions are expected to deliver health benefits of £2 billion, and NHS savings of £50 million over the next 100 years.
Voluntary guidelines to reduce levels of sugar and salt in, and improve the labelling of, commercial baby food and drink aimed at those aged up to 36 months old, are currently being finalised and will be published in the spring.
Businesses are being given until the end of 2025 to deliver the sugar and calorie reduction targets through the voluntary reformulation programme. These targets were due to be delivered earlier than this, but businesses have been given additional time because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food system. The Government will continue to monitor this area, but will explore other levers if progress is not made. Through the sugar reduction workstream of the overarching reformulation programme, between 2015 and 2020 reductions in sugar levels were delivered in breakfast cereals, yogurts, and pre-packed flavoured milk based drinks of 14.9%, 13.5%, and 29.7%, respectively.
Discussions are also underway to establish a Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP). This is a multi-year partnership between the Government, industry, and civil society to improve access to, and the availability of, data to build consistent reporting requirements for businesses on key health and sustainability objectives.
Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024
Inquiry: Work of DefraFound: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: PE13 2RN, Lamb-Weston/Meijer UK Limited: environmental permit issued EPR/MP3038JY/V002Found: We have reviewed the permit for this instal lation against the BAT C onclusions for the Food, Drink
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: YO91 1XY, Nestle UK Ltd: environmental permit issued - EPR/BO9298IQ/V007Found: hazardous substances (a s defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 on classification, labelling
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: YO91 1XY, Nestle UK Ltd: environmental permit issued - EPR/BO9298IQ/V007Found: We have reviewed the permit for this instal lation against the BAT C onclusions for the Food, Drink