Food Policy Course
Session 4. Existing Food and Nutrition Policies
4.1 Multi-level governance
4.2 Governance in reform?
o Rise of Agencies
o National agencies
o EFSA
o Codex
o Crisis of policy:
4.3 National Policies
- Malta
- UK:
o 1947 Agriculture Act
o entry to EU
o Curry Commission
4.4 Regional policies: Europe
- European Union: production, nutrition, food safety, environment
o CAP - Environmental Stewardship
o Food safety policies
o Eurodiet
- WHO Europe
o Diet report 1988
o WHO European Region Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2000 – 2005
4.5 International commitments by governments
- Food policy in global restructuring post World War 2
o World Bank, IMF, GATT etc: goal of economic prosperity
o Origins of WHO & FAO
o World Food Summit 1974
o ICN 1992
o WFS 1996
- Arrival of Environment
o UNCED 92
o Local Agenda 21
o UN Commission for Sustainable Development
o Johannesburg Summit
- Other UN initiatives eg Healthy Cities Network and Healthy Islands, Global School Health Initiative, Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative
4.6 Collect examples of food policies from other countries
4.7 Develop Final Policy and either:
a) Agree contents b) Produce different versions
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