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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Government Actuary's Department

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Climate scientists and actuaries show the sting in climate’s tail
Document: ‘Climate Scorpion – the sting is in the tail’ (PDF)

Found: to consider carefully the appropriateness of the model and the underlying assumptions, rather than labelling


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (COSWP) 2024
Document: COSWP 2024 Edition (PDF)

Found: , labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (‘the CLP Regulation’).


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme: building women’s economic empowerment into climate transitions
Document: Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW): building women’s economic empowerment into climate transitions, March 2024 (PDF)

Found: broader well -being and position in society: • Assets: To respond to shocks, women tend to reduce food


Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Government Office for Science

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Ultra-processed food (UPFs)
Document: Ultra-Processed Food - PDF (PDF)

Found: Ultra-processed food (UPFs)


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Competition and Markets Authority

Mar. 27 2024

Source Page: Green claims: CMA secures landmark changes from ASOS, Boohoo and Asda
Document: ASOS Annual Report 2023 (PDF)

Found: Changes could include mandated emission reporting/carbon footprint labelling per product and/or enhanced


Written Question
Nutrition
Wednesday 27th March 2024

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.


Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: Work of Defra
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: PE13 2RN, Lamb-Weston/Meijer UK Limited: environmental permit issued EPR/MP3038JY/V002
Document: Decision Document: Lamb-Weston/Meijer UK Limited (PDF)

Found: We have reviewed the permit for this instal lation against the BAT C onclusions for the Food, Drink


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: YO91 1XY, Nestle UK Ltd: environmental permit issued - EPR/BO9298IQ/V007
Document: Variation Notice: Nestle UK Ltd (PDF)

Found: hazardous substances (a s defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 on classification, labelling


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Environment Agency

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: YO91 1XY, Nestle UK Ltd: environmental permit issued - EPR/BO9298IQ/V007
Document: Decision Document: Nestle UK Ltd (PDF)

Found: We have reviewed the permit for this instal lation against the BAT C onclusions for the Food, Drink