Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are working on a number of areas here, one of which is food reformulation. Currently, in Ireland, that is voluntary. A task force established in 2021 was given a mandate to drive the delivery of the food reformulation roadmap to 2025. A significant volume of work has been done by that task force in engaging with industry, educating it on food reformulation and working with, for example, Teagasc and Enterprise Ireland to support businesses in their reformulation journey. Another key aspect of the work is establishing a baseline to enable the monitoring of food reformulation and the ongoing monitoring of a range of products.

An evaluation of the work of that reformulation task force will be undertaken at the end of the fourth year. The impact of the reduction in nutrient targets, the improved quality of the nutritional composition of packaged and processed foods, and engagement with the food industry will form part of that-----