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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India needs policies to regulate 'bad food' and produce food sustainably, say experts at National Conclave on Food

India needs policies to regulate 'bad food' and produce food sustainably, say experts at National Conclave on Food

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published Published on Mar 17, 2019   modified Modified on Mar 17, 2019
-Down to Earth

* Day-long Conclave organised by CSE in New Delhi; about 50 experts from across India participate
* Experts recogniselinkages between India’s growing burden of diseases and the food produced intensively using chemicals as well as ‘bad food’ — ultra-processed foods high in fats, sugar or salt (HFSS), marketed rampantly
* Strong pesticide management billneeded. Class I pesticides, extremely hazardous and toxic, must be phased out
* Regulations needed to reduce misuse of antibiotics in food animals and to containAMR (antimicrobial resistance) – operationalise the National Action Plan on AMR and developState Action Plans
* Make organic farming a mass movement
* FSSAI must notify labelling regulations and ban bad food in schools. Robust regulatory framework for advertisement of bad foods essential

New Delhi:
At a day-long National Conclave on Foodorganized here today by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based research and advocacy think tank, about 50 experts from across the country deliberated upon pressing issues related to the way food is produced and promoted in the country and its linkages with the growing burden of diseases. In her opening remarks, Sunita Narain, director general of CSE, said: “Food is linked to nutrition, nature and livelihoods. We need strong regulations which can stop the ingress of chemicals, pesticides and antibiotics into our food andprotect us against ‘bad foods’high in fat, sugar or salt.”

The Conclave focused on two broad themes -- sustainable food production and regulating bad food. Under these, panels of experts deliberated upon topics ranging from pesticide management, organic farming and use of antibiotics in food to labelling, claims and advertisements of ultra-processed packaged foods (junk foods).The deliberations also covered food-related policies in view of the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).Apart from policymakers and regulators from the Centre and some states, the delegates and panelists represented human health, animal health, agriculture, nutrition, research and academia, food industry, farmers and civil society.  

Setting the context to the discussions, Chandra Bhushan, deputy director general at CSE, emphasised that “with the growing NCDs and AMR crisis in the country, it is time that we made policies that enable big transition towards sustainable food production practices, with the emphasis on pesticidesmanagement, organic farming and controlling antibiotic use in food animals.”

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Down to Earth, 15 March, 2019, https://www.cseindia.org/india-needs-policies-to-regulate-bad-food-and-produce-food-sustainably-9328


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