Annual Review 2009: Leading from the front
Industry in action
Food issues rise up
the policy agenda
One of the hallmarks of 2009 was how
quickly food issues rose up the policy
agenda. This has allowed FDF to deliver
key messages about the strategic
importance of our sector – which are
clearly resonating at the highest levels of
Government.
During the year, Parliament's influential
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Committee launched an inquiry on future
food security – to which FDF gave both
written and oral evidence.
The summer of 2009 saw the start of a
public consultation on Defra's Food 2030
vision, the long awaited response to the
Cabinet Office's Food Matters report.
FDF worked closely with Defra and our
food chain partners in the farming and
retail sectors to shape and develop a way
forward aimed at making sustainable food
production a key strategic priority in its
own right. The final document, launched in
January 2010, fully recognises the role and
importance of food manufacturing. Defra is
now producing an action plan and defining
the concept of a 'healthy, low impact diet'
– and FDF is contributing proactively to this
work.
North of the border, SFDF has played
an influential role in the development of
Scotland's food and drink policy, and was
asked to join the Scottish Government's
Leadership Group which will deliver the
next stages of the policy.
In this review
FDF: steered by our members -
- By Jim Moseley, Managing Director, General Mills UK
- By Fiona Dawson, Managing Director, Mars Chocolate UK
- By John Sutcliffe, Chief Executive, ABF Grocery
- By Jonathan Bye, Chief Executive, Vimto
- By Paul Freeston, Managing Director, apetito
Industry in action:
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