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The NCF Food Policy group, is formed from NCF members who have expressed a particular interest in food matters. Some of them sit on Food or Animal Health Committees or have done so in the past, some represent NCF at meetings, workshops and forums.

We keep in contact through a NCF group email. Items of interest which arrive at the NCF Secretary are forwarded to those listed as involved so that any member can draw attention to information updates and consultations. Reports on the meetings attended are circulated. A regular bulletin calls attention to Food Standards Agency and Dept of Food and Rural Affairs consultations.

The Group mostly use the group email to keep one another informed and to exchange views and opinions which aids NCF representatives when relaying consumer views to government, business and regulators.

Recently NCF members have commented on such things as: the modernisation of fisheries, school milk, the increase in listeria and advice on fish consumption.

Sue Payne

Food Policy Group co-ordinator

Email: food@ncf.info

Food Policy Group aims:

1. Choice, Information, Representation, Access to goods and services, Quality, Fairness, Safety and to identify and promote the interests of consumers, with reference to the key guiding principles of Redress.
2. To consult with and represent grassroots members, to circulate, publish and disseminate their views and where appropriate to respond to consultation on their behalf in food related issues.

Recent activities

• Food Standards Agency report on Listeria - NCF response Feb 2009
• Food Standards Agency report on sustainable fish - NCF response March 2009
• DEFRA fisheries legislation - NCF response March 2009
• DEFRA independent body on Animal Health - NCF response May 2009
• Food Law - book review by Pat Brown
• NCF Food Policy Group -  Annual Report 2010 
• NCF response to Common Agricultural Policy proposals May 2010
• NCF response to FSA guidance on date labelling June 2010