Meetings in 2009
Subject: Responsible practice in the food industry – joint meeting with the Associate Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group - 15 December 2009
Location: Jubilee Room, House of Commons
Speakers:
- Vanessa Hattersley, Asda Stores Ltd
- Allan Edwards, Compass Group UK & Ireland
- Jessica Mitchell of the Food Commission and Carole Stewart of Northern Foods plc
Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Subject: Maternal diet, the significance of low birth weight and infant feeding - 10 November 2009
Location: Committee Room 5, House of Commons
Speakers:
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Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here.
Subject: LSHTM systematic review of the nutrient content of organic food - 20 October 2009
Location: Committee Room 4A, House of Lords
Speakers:
- Dr Alan Dangour, London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Lord Melchett, Policy Director of The Soil Association
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Minutes of the meeting 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.