Food & Health Alliance

The Scottish Food and Drink Federation's (SFDF) 9th Annual Symposium was attended by over 90 representatives from the food and drink industry, government and regulators.  The Symposium focussed on debating the role and contribution the food industry can make to public health.

The presentations from this event provide a useful backdrop to the discussions that took place in May.  The speakers and their presentations are listed below:

• Fergus Millan, Public Health Division, Scottish Government:  Where are we now in tackling Scotland's health record?
• Owen Warnock, Partner, Eversheds LLP - Labelling:  key current legal developments and their practical implications
• Jane Landon, Deputy Chief Executive, National Heart Forum - Consumers and food:  how do we help people make the right choices?
• Melanie Leech, Director-General, Food and Drink Federation - The food industry and health:  challenges and opportunities
• Dr Sue Gatenby, Nutrition Director, PepsiCo Europe - PepsiCo International:  How PepsiCo has responded to the health agenda

• Calum MacGregor, Quality Director, Robert Wiseman Dairies - Wiseman's:  Going further
• Dr Dominic King, co-author of MINDSPACE and Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, Imperial College London - How do you change behaviour and where does responsibility lie?
• Professor Alan Miller, Deputy Principal (Research and Knowledge Transfer), Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh - Innovation and the food industry
• Sandy McDougall, Temporary Head of Policy and Operations, Food Standards Agency (Scotland) - Working together to achieve results