#Food-policy

Late in September, the British government issued guidance about reducing intake of foods high in fat, salt, and sugar, collectively HFSS. The guidance is based on  the provisions of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations of 2021. The regulations provide for restrictions on the

There is much fuss these days over the American Heritage Foundation’s extreme right-wing 2025 Mandate for Leadership project, and whether presidential candidate Donald Trump supports it or not and, if so, to what extent (see account in The Guardian). The Project 2025 plan includes calls for

The Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) published a report, Spotlight on Lobbying 2022 just in time for Christmas.  I am just getting to it. ATNI has been commissioned to benchmark the world’s 25 largest F&B companies’ lobbying-related commitments, management systems, and disclosure against

If you are plenty old, or up on your history of US nutrition policy, you might remember the 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health. Tufts held a 50th anniversary conference at which I spoke (videos of the talks are here–I was on Panel 3 starting at about 17 minutes in). In

The long-awaited UN Food System Summit takes place today.  The programme includes announcements from more than 85 heads of state and government. The UN Food Systems Summit was announced by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on World Food Day in October 2019 as a part of the Decade of