Meetings in 2009
Joint Parliamentary inquiry into food security: March - April 2009
The Forum is taking part in a joint Parliamentary inquiry into food security with the Parliamentary Scientific Committee and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development. The inquiry is being chaired by our former Vice-Chairman, Dr Ian Gibson MP, who is the Chairman of the APPG Agriculture and Food for Development. A public call for evidence has been issued, with a deadline for submissions of 31 March 2009. The inquiry team expects to report later this summer.
Members of FHF on the Inquiry team:
- Lord Rea
- Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen
- Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
The following meetings were held:
- Wednesday, 11 March [minutes]
- Wednesday, 25 March [minutes]
- Wednesday, 1 April [minutes]
- Thursday, 21 May, witnesses: Jane Kennedy MP, Minster for Farming and the Environment and Ivan Lewis, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DFID[minutes]
Members of the Forum are welcome to attend the inquiry meetings as observers, but places must be reserved because of limited capacity in the Committee Room. Seats will be allocated on a first come basis.
The call for evidence can be downloaded here.
Subject: Links between diet and asthma - 23 June 2009
Location: House of Lords Committee Room G
Speakers:
- Dr Elaine Vickers, Research Relations Manager, Asthma UK
- Dr Jo Leonardi-Bee, Lecturer in Medical Statistics, Nottingham University
Please click on the speaker's name to download their presentation.
Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
FHF spring conference: food fortification – a necessary evil in a “junk food” society? 19 May 2009
Location: House of Commons, Jubilee Room
Speakers:
- Jenny Walton, Senior Nutritionist, Kellogg’s UK & Ireland
- Dr Anne Mullen, Lecturer in the Nutritional Sciences Division, King’s College London
- Dr Alison Tedstone, Head of Nutrition Science, Food Standards Agency
- Nigel Baldwin, Chair of the Functional Food Group, Food Additives and Ingredients Association
- Bridget Benelam, British Nutrition Foundation
Please click on the speaker's name to download their presentation.
A report of the Conference can be downloaded here.
Subject: Nutrition labelling on food - 28 April 2009
Location: House of Lords Committee Room 4A
Speakers:
- Pauline Douglas, Chairman of the British Dietetic Association
- Dr Jane Holdsworth, Managing Director Sponsus Ltd & Director of the GDA campaign
Please click on the speaker's name to download their presentation.
Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Subject: reviews of the FSA nutrient profiling model and Ofcom controls on food promotion to children on television - 24 February 2009
Location: House of Lords Committee Room 4A
Speakers:
- Claire Boville, Head of Nutrition Labelling, Promotions & Dietetic Foods, Food Standards Agency
- Peter Bourton, Head of Commercial Policy, Ofcom
Please click on the speaker's name to download their presentation.
Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Subject: Novel foods – what will our food look like 20 years from now? - 20 January 2009
Location: House of Lords Committee Room 2A
Speakers:
- Lindsey Bagley, Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Bob Marsh, Managing Director of the Food Processing Knowledge Transfer Network
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Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Archived meetings
Meeting details and notes from previous years have been archived: