Food & Health Alliance

The focus of our third conference is the food and health aspects of Recipe for Success – Scotland’s National Food & Drink Policy.

The conference is an opportunity to:

• Understand the National Food & Drink Policy future actions and how progress will be monitored
• Learn about key stakeholders’ work plans for implementing this policy 
• Discuss food and health outputs that are achievable and how do we record these
• Network and exchange information about projects

Aim of the day

• To ensure that food and health stakeholders are fully aware of National Food & Drink policy and their input into a successful implementation
• To discuss next steps that are applicable for health in the National Food & Drink policy, identify any key issues and agree future actions to ensure we have the biggest impact.

Format of the day

There will be the normal format as previous Food & Health Alliance conferences such as a plenary, workshops and a marketplace. 

Plenary

This part of the day will focus on the food and health aspects of the National Food & Drink Policy and will feature a host of speakers from national organisations as well as the Scottish Government including:

Susan Gallacher, Food & Drink Industry Division, Scottish Government

Food Standards Agency Scotland

Scotland Food & Drink

Katherine Bishop, Take Life On campaign, Scottish Government

Fergus Millan, Scottish Government 

Jan Bebbington, Sustainable Development Commission Scotland

with Chair - Charles Milne, Director of Food Standards Agency Scotland

Workshops

• Food culture - presentation from Tom MacMillan, Food Ethics Council, followed by discussions on what is the current Scottish food culture.
• Local food & health - presentation by Fergus Younger on the work by Food from Argyll, followed by discussions of the potential of linking local food along with healthy eating messages. 
• Food advocacy - discussions around the question of whether there is the need for further food advocacy in Scotland.
• Social marketing of national food themed campaigns - presentations on some of the current national food campaigns, followed by discussions of the potential of linking these with healthy eating messages.
• Community food skills - presentations on good practice, followed by discussions.
• Healthy weight outcome framework - presentation on the process and tools within the outcome framework, followed by discussions and feedback on the tool.

Target Audience

The conference will cover a wide range of topics which may appeal to a range of audiences.

Applications are welcome from the breadth of the food chain - food producers, food manufacturers, caterers, retailers, from research and academic backgrounds, from the public sector - dietitians, public health nutritionists, food procurement, policy makers, community and voluntary workers and others.

Registration

Registration is now open and we're using a hard copy system now (see attachment). If you have any problem or queries, please email us at fha@health.scot.nhs.uk

Look forward to seeing you on the day!