Calls for an extension of free school meals and a sugar and salt tax appear to have been ignored, the draft suggests. Instead, there will be a consultation on how to help cows produce less methane and a proposed increase in the use of “wild deer of responsible origin”. Leon restaurant co-founder Henry Dimbleby was called by the government in 2019 to do a review of England’s food system to ensure it was “safe, healthy and affordable” for everyone. His final report, published in 2021, called for a sugar and salt reform levy as a key way to transform the diets of millions and help protect the environment. However, this seems to have been rejected by the ministers, according to a draft of the leaked government’s new food strategy, which is expected to be published on Monday. In his report, Mr. Dimbleby also called for some of the money raised from the levy to be used to expand free school meals, as well as to fund holiday food clubs and cater to needy families. However, despite calls from teachers and unions to extend free school meals to an additional one million children in poverty, he said the idea would be “kept under consideration”. Ministers appear to be following up on some of Mr Dimbleby’s proposals, including a consultation on the possibility of mandatory reporting of food waste for businesses of a certain size. After the review urged the government to “push” consumers to change their meat habits, the paper also said that ministers would “support progress on a wide range of issues, including alternative proteins”. Contradictively, due to their environmental impact, it also suggests a possible increase in fish farming. Johnson was recently fired, including by former Tory ministers, for his decision to delay measures to address obesity, a move blamed for the cost-of-living crisis. At the same time, critics say he has done little to help families facing what even the Bank of England governor has suggested could be a “revealing” rise in food prices. The newspaper reports that it is considering “long-term measures” instead of “labor overlap for the cost of living”. Instead of accepting Dimbleby’s warning that “our current appetite for meat is unsustainable,” the government will open a consultation on new technologies to help cattle produce less methane. However, ministers will facilitate countries’ trade with the UK if they have strong animal welfare legislation. Labor said the document was “nothing more than a statement of vague intentions”. Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon said: “The food strategy is vital, but the government has abstained, delayed and now has failed to deliver. “This is nothing more than a statement of vague intentions, not the specific proposals to address the big issues facing our country. “Calling it a ‘nutritional strategy’ borders on the absurd.” Greenpeace described the plan as “worse than half-baked”. The Ministry of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had not commented on leaked documents. A spokesman added: “We will present the content of our ambitious new food strategy in due course.”
title: " Half Baked Government Food Strategy To Encourage The Public To Eat More Venison " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-14” author: “Grace Guin”
Calls for an extension of free school meals and a sugar and salt tax appear to have been ignored, the draft suggests. Instead, there will be a consultation on how to help cows produce less methane and a proposed increase in the use of “wild deer of responsible origin”.
