Healthy Food Code of Good Practice
31 July 2008
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Department of Health (DH) have jointly written to food industry leaders and other interested parties setting out plans to assist in delivering the Healthy Food Code of Good Practice.
The Healthy Food Code of Good Practice summarises the challenge to all sectors of the food industry to promote healthy eating. The code sets out seven areas where the UK Government expects companies in every food sector to take action to demonstrate their commitment to promote healthy eating. These can be summarised as:
- Front-of-pack labelling
- Smaller portion sizes for energy-dense and foods high in salt
- Promotion of food to children
- Reductions in consumption and the levels of saturated fat and sugar, particularly sugary drinks
- Increasing consumption of healthier foods
- Single set of key healthy eating messages
- Nutritional information on food eaten out of the home.
For more details, visit the FSA website.
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