Source · Select Committees · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Seventh Report - Food security
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
HC 622
Published 28 July 2023
Recommendations
16
Accepted
Facilitate UN Special Rapporteur's visit to assess statutory right to food in England
Recommendation
We support the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food’s request to undertake a Country Visit to the UK, and call for the Government to facilitate such a visit before the end of this year if Professor Fakhri …
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Government Response Summary
The government states the UK has a standing invitation for UN Special Procedure mandate holders and its UN Mission is in touch with OHCHR to find suitable dates for the Special Rapporteur on Food's visit.
Conclusions (1)
19
Conclusion
Accepted
Para 79
The Government has set out three actions that could help encourage healthier eating. On mandatory public reporting against a set of health metrics, this should become a requirement within the next six months. Further research on ultra-processed foods as a contributor to over consumption of higher calorie foods should commence …
Government Response Summary
The government described its existing "Better Health" campaign, which launched in July 2020, along with existing tools and regulations like voluntary front-of-pack labelling, calorie labelling, and a pilot rewards app, as efforts to encourage healthier eating, but did not commit to mandatory public reporting on health metrics or specific research on ultra-processed foods.