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News: An advert for quarter pounder burgers by supermarket Morrisons has been banned for promoting unhealthy eating

Eleven viewers challenged whether the ad, which featured a child removing salad from her burger before eating it, encouraged poor nutritional habits, an unhealthy lifestyle or disparaged a good dietary practice, especially in children, and the Advertising Standards Authority upheld the complaints.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: New research by Mintel has found that one in four consumers are drinking less fizzy drinks than they were six months ago

And a third of those aged 16-24 are cutting back. Consumption is expected this year to fall to its lowest point since 2010. Half are cutting down because they contain too much sugar, while a third of those drinking less soft drinks than six months ago said they were worried about the health impacts of artificial sweeteners.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: The WHO European Region has launched a draft of its next Food and Nutrition Action Plan

The Plan (2015-2020), aims to take a comprehensive approach to tackling diet-related non-communicable diseases.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Decades of hard-fought public health gains may be set back if the TTIP is not negotiated in a way that protects social safeguards and health

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was one of the main topics covered during the European Public Health Association’s (EHPA) September conference. A report from the event highlights the European public health community’s concern that decades of hard-fought public health gains may be set back if the TTIP is not negotiated in a way that protects social safeguards and health – specifically in regard to technical barriers to trade, intellectual property rights and drug patenting, and challenges to the way that the EU and Member States regulate on food safety, chemicals, alcohol and public services.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: 'Herring wars' appear to have ended

The so-called ‘Herring wars’ appear to have come to an end, as the EU has lifted a year-long import ban on herring and mackerel from the Faroe Islands, after the Islands agreed to limit herring catches.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: European consumer group BEUC has launched a campaign calling for mandatory 'Country of Origin Labelling'

European consumer group BEUC has launched a campaign – together with member organisations from 14 countries – calling for mandatory ‘Country of Origin Labelling’ (COOL) on processed meat products such as sausages, ham and ravioli. Along with COOL its three-part Europe-wide campaign also focuses on preventing the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in livestock and honest meat labels.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: The WHO Europe's first report on progress implementing the European health policy framework, Health 2020, has been published

It outlines achievements including: the development of national health strategies consistent with Health 2020 vision and principles; the commitment of city mayors and regional authorities to the implementation of the Health 2020 vision through the European Healthy Cities Network and the Regions for Health Network; inter-country policy dialogues to enable the exchange of good practices and lessons learned; the establishment of committees to improve governance for health; and increased efforts by Member States to use the Health 2020 targets and indicators for health and well-being to measure progress in implementation.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Ireland's Phil Hogan appointed EU commissioner for agriculture

Ireland’s Phil Hogan – who was announced as the country’s EU commissioner in July – has been appointed EU commissioner for agriculture. The former minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government replaces Dacian Ciolos, from Romania.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Lithuania's Vytenis Andriukaitis will be new European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Press reports have noted that this is the first time that food safety has featured in the job title, which signals the increased focus Commission President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker wants to place on this area.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014

News: Taxes on high sugar, salt and fat products such as soft drinks, and sweet and salty foodstuffs do work

This is according to the newly-published study ‘Food taxes and their impact on competitiveness in the agri-food sector’, which was commissioned by the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry. The study also found limited effect on cross-border shopping, including in Denmark after it introduced its saturated fat tax, which the European Heart Network noted in a statement is contrary to the often repeated statements made by the food industry. However, the research found that consumers may instead purchase similar non-taxed or less-heavily taxed items, buy cheaper brands of the taxed products or other products with similar levels of sugar, salt or fat to those that are taxed. The report also concluded that while taxes lead to an increase in administrative burden, the exact impact on profitability, employment and investment needs to be further explored.
Sustain | Wednesday 1 October 2014