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Nutrition Strategy Steering Group

The Nutrition Strategy Steering Group's (NSSG) aim is to help people choose healthier diets by carrying through a range of voluntary nutritional initiatives.

Terms of reference

To encourage the delivery of commitments from principal partners (industry, government departments, agencies, and non-government organisations) to progress key strategic dietary health objectives, including those in the Government's White Paper on Choosing Health .

The key initiatives to be considered are:

• reformulation of foodstuffs
• front of pack signpost labelling
• promotion of food to children
• the Healthy Living Social Marketing Campaign

The group will:

• aim to meet twice a year
• be chaired by public health minister Dawn Primarolo with Dame Deirdre Hutton (Chair FSA) deputising as necessary
• co-opt additional members onto the group on an ad hoc basis to inform its decisions while maintaining a balance of interests
• establish working groups as appropriate

Key initiatives

• reformulation of foodstuffs: making convenience foods healthier and making healthier options mainstream
• front-of-pack signpost labelling: providing 'at a glance' nutritional information on levels of fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar, including the independent evaluation of front of pack nutrition signpost schemes in use in the UK market.
• promotion of food to children: working to achieve changes in the way food is promoted, so as to rebalance the imbalance between healthy foods and healthier alternatives
• the Healthy Living Social Marketing Campaign: seeking to tackle obesity through a combination of increased physical activity and the promotion of a balanced diet. A research case study is available on the (External) engage website.

Membership

The group is jointly chaired by Public Health Minister, Dawn Primarolo, and FSA Chair, Deirdre Hutton. Members are drawn from a range of stakeholder organisations. The group will meet twice a year and draw on additional expertise when required.

The following have been appointed members of the NSSG:

Gavin Neath, Global CSR Director of Unilever UK
Salman Amin, President of PepsiCo UK & Ireland
Steven D Esom, Director, Food Division, Marks and Spencer
David Cheesewright, Chief Operating Officer, Asda
Sir Alexander Macara, President of the National Heart Forum
Peter Vicary-Smith, Chief Executive of Which?
Justin King, Chief Executive of Sainsbury's
Lord Whitty, Chairman of the National Consumer Council
Ian El-Mokadem, Managing Director of Compass

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Related links

Download pdf  (pdf 48KB) Nutrition Strategy Steering Group - Letter to interested parties 5 October 2006 Read the letter

Download pdf  (pdf 46KB)

Nutrition Strategy Steering Group: Minutes of meeting 24 April 2008

Meeting at Aviation House, London

Nutrition Strategy Steering Group: update on independent evaluation

Update on the independent signpost evaluation study provided to the NSSG at its meeting of 24 April 2008.

Nutrition Strategy Steering Group: Minutes of meeting 10 January 2008

Fourth Meeting, Aviation House, London

Note of NSSG telephone conference 28 November 2007

Details of participants and discussions

Nutrition Strategy Steering Group: Minutes of meeting 12 June 2007

Meeting in Conference Room 4, Aviation House

Note of NSSG telephone conference 15 May 2007

Note of Nutrition Strategy Steering Group (NSSG) conference call.

Nutrition Strategy Steering Group: Minutes of meeting 23 January 2007

Chaired by Caroline Flint (Minister of State for Public Health) with Dame Deirdre Hutton (Chair, Food Standards Agency).

Note of meeting: independent monitoring and assessment of front of pack signposting schemes

Meeting held on 8 May 2006

Nutrition Strategy Steering Group: Minutes of meeting 18 July 2006

Chaired by Caroline Flint (Minister of State for Public Health) with Dame Deirdre Hutton (Chair, Food Standards Agency).

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