Sentences with phrase «government health and food»

Ensured compliance with all government health and food safety regulations; monitored equipment and food temperatures and expiration dates; labeled stored food with expiration dates.

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Specific industries were name - checked as priorities for government attention: advanced manufacturing, agri - food, clean technology, digital industries, health / bio-sciences and clean resources.

One of the biggest problems we must remedy today is that governments are subsidizing highly health - destructive energy, food and drug use through our increasingly stressed tax system.

KELOWNA — In sharp contrast to the BC Liberal government, Adrian Dix and the New Democrats are prepared to revitalize BC's agricultural sector through comprehensive measures including grants to fruit growers, the purchase of BC foods by BC's health care...

«All of the harmful effects on the environment and on health needs to be priced into food products,» said Hajer, who is a member of U.N.'s International Resource Panel, which comprises 34 top scientists and 30 governments.

He highlighted their need for food, clean water, improved maternal health and also the importance of co-operation between the British Government and the Catholic community for the good of all citizens.

In tune with this global rhetoric, the United Front Government in its Common Minimum Program made eradication of poverty as its main emphasis along with a seven - point agenda for ensuring safe drinking water, primary education for all, primary health care, housing, food security, road networks and mid-day meals to be implemented by A.D. 2000.

In addition, citizens must be taught how to secure strong, well - staffed, and amply financed government agencies which are dedicated to the health of the people and serve them through a well - enforced body of pure food laws, a well - organized inspection and grading system, and a continuing broad program of research in nutrition and in food production and processing.

In contrast, progressives seek to ensure «equality and justice,» by guaranteeing these outcomes through the enactment of a series of ««positive» rights like housing, food, and health care» that someone must provide — be it government or the private sector.

Maine wants to ban its residents on food stamps from buying soda and sweets, San Francisco approved health warnings on ads for sugary drinks, and the government and big food companies are still going back - and - forth on mandatory labeling.

The Forum consists of all Australian and New Zealand Ministers responsible for food regulation and is chaired by the Australian Government Assistant Minister for Health, Senator the Honorable Fiona Nash.

We call on governments at all levels to come together as a matter of urgency to develop in collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, health and community sector peak bodies and other key stakeholders, a policy framework, funding commitments and national action plan for food sovereignty and food security.

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The parliamentary secretary for health, Catherine King, who is responsible for food and therapeutic matters, insists the government is not sacrificing people's health to appease big business.

CSIRO and the Queensland Government's Health and Food Sciences Precinct in Brisbane, Queensland

We are a joint partner with the Queensland Government in the Health and Food Sciences Precinct at Coopers Plains, Brisbane.

Tirado mentioned to Food Processing Technology that it is not just the government's or the producer's responsibility to reduce meat consumption but consumers also have a role to play: «We all, collectively, can send a strong signal to our governments with our food choices: what we eat is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect our planet, our families and our health.&raFood Processing Technology that it is not just the government's or the producer's responsibility to reduce meat consumption but consumers also have a role to play: «We all, collectively, can send a strong signal to our governments with our food choices: what we eat is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect our planet, our families and our health.&rafood choices: what we eat is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect our planet, our families and our health.»

The members of the SAB critically review data, publications and government reports with respect to the safety and health consequences of the use of food and beverage packaging materials, upon request by GPI, and advise GPI and its members with respect to these issues.

NHMRC was also interested in hearing from the food industry, government departments, and health professionals about their views on healthy eating and the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Even if measures supported by the best available evidence (such as traffic light labelling on the front - of - food packaging and removing advertising junk food to children between 6 am and 9 pm as recommended in the Government's response to the National Preventative Health Taskforce) are implemented, regulation is no panacea.

Professor Noakes is an executive member of the Federal Government Food and Health Dialogue, which influences nutrition reformulation targets for manufactured foods in order to improve the nutritional quality of the Australian Food supply.

The challenge for frozen food brands, and indeed government, is to better educate consumers as to the health and sustainability benefits of frozen food to overcome negative perceptions, and drive greater usage of the freezer to reduce food waste.

On the day the Food Matters poilcy report is published on the importance of food to public health and the environment, campaigners say the Government for not putting its money where its mouthFood Matters poilcy report is published on the importance of food to public health and the environment, campaigners say the Government for not putting its money where its mouthfood to public health and the environment, campaigners say the Government for not putting its money where its mouth is.

An international report from the UK Health Forum into the collaboration of the food and drink industry with public health finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve hHealth Forum into the collaboration of the food and drink industry with public health finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve hhealth finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve healthhealth.

The FSIC is a health promotion charity supported by state and territory health and food safety agencies, local government, and leading professional, industry and community organisations.

Further Information The effectiveness of Food and Drink industry's endeavours to improve the nutritional value of many products continues to be debated, along with the value of the voluntary Public Health Responsibility Deal and the need for government regulation.

As the mother of a child with food sensitivities and the owner of a store specializing in health and bulk foods, Liza Lukashevsky is relieved the federal government is strengthening ingredient - labelling rules.

Since September 2013 the Food Alliance (Deakin University) has begun the process of establishing Australia's first Urban and Regional Food Network, bringing together 20 local governments as well as a wide and expanding cohort of researchers, food businesses, health professionals, planners, community gardeners, not - for - profit organisations, Transition groups, permaculturalists and othFood Alliance (Deakin University) has begun the process of establishing Australia's first Urban and Regional Food Network, bringing together 20 local governments as well as a wide and expanding cohort of researchers, food businesses, health professionals, planners, community gardeners, not - for - profit organisations, Transition groups, permaculturalists and othFood Network, bringing together 20 local governments as well as a wide and expanding cohort of researchers, food businesses, health professionals, planners, community gardeners, not - for - profit organisations, Transition groups, permaculturalists and othfood businesses, health professionals, planners, community gardeners, not - for - profit organisations, Transition groups, permaculturalists and others.

Sustain has welcomed commitments from shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth that a future Labour Government would introduce legal standards for hospital food, extend the sugary drinks tax and ban junk food advertising during family TV, for the benefit of the nation's hHealth Secretary Jon Ashworth that a future Labour Government would introduce legal standards for hospital food, extend the sugary drinks tax and ban junk food advertising during family TV, for the benefit of the nation's healthhealth.

From June 2010 — December 2015, I was the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrFood Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrfood businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrfood social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrfood system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrity.

GENEVA (Reuters)- Unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to global health than the increasingly regulated sale of tobacco and governments should move fast to tax harmful food products, a United Nations investigator said on Monday.

The commonwealth, state and territory health and food ministers will meet next week to discuss and vote on which labelling recommendations to propose to the Council of Australian Governments.

... it [was] premature to bring forward legislative changes to food and beverage advertising while the [Labor Government «s] National Obesity Strategy is developed by the National Preventative Health Taskforce and before the industry's initiatives in relation to responsible advertising can be properly assessed.

As part of the government's work to reduce obesity levels, the Department of Health is working with industry, through the Responsibility Deal, to get business taking action to reduce the amount of calories, salt and trans fat in foods.

Though public health is not at issue now, government oversight is, and the latest developments have echoes of earlier European food safety crises, including mad cow disease in Britain and dioxin in eggs and poultry in Belgium.

This comes after detailed discussions with the UK governments working with the food industry, health NGOs and other partners to agree the proposed system and what the label would look like.

Differences in the nutritional content of baby and toddler foods with front - of - package nutrition claims issued by manufacturers v. governments / health organizations.

The Murray - Darling Basin Plan delivers on the Australian Government's commitment to restore the Basin's rivers and wetlands to health while supporting strong regional communities and sustainable food production.

Tropical Traditions also restored traditional methods of producing coconut oil by hand, and also worked to provide consumer access to other traditional products that had fallen out of favor in the U.S. market, but for which there was a demand from health - conscious consumers interested in sourcing food outside the corporate commodity food supply kept cheap by government subsidies.

Three key messages in the article promote Danone's agenda: the suggestion that government should cooperate with the food industry, that nutrition if you are breastfeeding is complex and that there is a lot of confusion about how long to exclusively breastfeed (with the implication that the clear guidance from the Department of Health to exclusively breastfeed until 6 months and then continue while introducing complementary foods is wrong — Danone promotes products for use from 4 months).

The USDA is trying to help with its Team Nutrition project, a national nutrition - education program involving government, health organizations and private industry, notably Walt Disney Co. and Scholastic Inc., the country's largest educational publisher, says Ellen Haas, USDA undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services.

Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:

When parents and the community are ignorant of nutrition as so many people are, the child's health will suffer, precisely because our government allows food manufacturers to produce, market and sell entirely too much food that harms human health.

Kristen Wartman, also writing for Civil Eats, agrees with Lappé that the nutritional changes to Walmart's products are mere «health - washing» (the nutritional version of green - washing), and dismisses Walmart's promises to offer lower price fruits and vegetables by asking, «[W] hy can't the government step in and subsidize fruits and vegetables like they do the corn and soy that go into nearly every processed food item?»

The April 30 hearing will examine the frequency and types of illness outbreaks from school food and the ability of government health agencies to protect children from contamination, Durbin said.

Three key messages are the suggestion government should cooperate with the food industry, nutrition if you are breastfeeding is complex and that there is a lot of confusion about how long to exclusively breastfeed (with the implication that the clear guidance from the Department of Health to exclusively breastfeed until 6 months and then continue while introducing complementary foods is wrong).

A new white paper from FRAC reviews the latest research from academic, government, and other sources on the harmful impacts of poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition on the health and well - being of children, adults, and older adults.

Cafeterias sell competitive foods not because SNA members are out to ruin kids» health with snacks of questionable value, but because a $ 3 per free lunch payment from the government is not, in many cases, enough to cover the costs of putting that meal on the table, and more revenue has to come from somewhere.

The film really pulls no punches aiming to dispel the junk food industry's strongest talking points: it's all a matter of personal responsibility; we can just exercise our way to health; and we don't need government regulation.

And whilst the governments of some countries will insist that certain food colorings are not harmful to health, those same food colorings have been banned in other countries — a fairly strong indication that their true safety is a contentious issue!