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01/10/2010
Nutrition Moves To Department of Health
The Government has today restated its commitment to improving public health by moving nutrition policy for England into the Department of Health.
Policies including working with manufacturers to reformulate foods to reduce salt, saturated fat and sugar levels, and reducing portion size, are moving from the Food Standards Agency into the Department of Health.
Other policy areas that are transferring include nutritional labelling on foods, calorie information in restaurants, nutrition surveys and scientific advice on nutrition.
The change will ensure nutrition policy is delivered in a coherent and consistent manner. This is an early step towards realising the Government's vision of drawing together the diverse arrangements for delivering public health and health improvement into an inclusive Public Health Service.
The Food Standards Agency and the Department of Health have been working closely together to ensure that the transfer takes place as quickly as possible and, during this time, staff and partners have been kept informed.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "I am committed to improving the public's health by providing evidence-based advice to support people in making healthier choices.
"The transfer of nutrition policy in England into the Department of Health means we can give the general public more consistent information. It will also mean a more co-ordinated and coherent policy-making process; and a more effective potential partnership between Government and external stakeholders.
"The Food Standards Agency will continue to ensure the public’s safety by maintaining its essential and robust regulatory role."
The Food Standards Agency will retain its clearly defined departmental function focused on its core remit of food safety and the transfer has involved 85 posts.
The FSA will remain a non-ministerial department reporting to Parliament through Department of Health Ministers, and to the Devolved Administrations through their Health Ministries.
(BMcC/GK)
Policies including working with manufacturers to reformulate foods to reduce salt, saturated fat and sugar levels, and reducing portion size, are moving from the Food Standards Agency into the Department of Health.
Other policy areas that are transferring include nutritional labelling on foods, calorie information in restaurants, nutrition surveys and scientific advice on nutrition.
The change will ensure nutrition policy is delivered in a coherent and consistent manner. This is an early step towards realising the Government's vision of drawing together the diverse arrangements for delivering public health and health improvement into an inclusive Public Health Service.
The Food Standards Agency and the Department of Health have been working closely together to ensure that the transfer takes place as quickly as possible and, during this time, staff and partners have been kept informed.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "I am committed to improving the public's health by providing evidence-based advice to support people in making healthier choices.
"The transfer of nutrition policy in England into the Department of Health means we can give the general public more consistent information. It will also mean a more co-ordinated and coherent policy-making process; and a more effective potential partnership between Government and external stakeholders.
"The Food Standards Agency will continue to ensure the public’s safety by maintaining its essential and robust regulatory role."
The Food Standards Agency will retain its clearly defined departmental function focused on its core remit of food safety and the transfer has involved 85 posts.
The FSA will remain a non-ministerial department reporting to Parliament through Department of Health Ministers, and to the Devolved Administrations through their Health Ministries.
(BMcC/GK)
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