Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion

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

The Deputy raises a very important area around the appearance of something that looks healthy in our supermarkets but is it actually healthy? It is a big area that we need to examine. Again, education and awareness will be part of it but through the reformulation review and how that has worked, we will also consider, for example, the need for mandatory legislation in this area. Research is ongoing in respect of food reformulation through the task force. At the moment, there are voluntary codes of conduct around the marketing of food and also, as I said, through work that is ongoing around this through Coimisiún na Meán. It will be a broad spectrum of approaches in raising awareness and educating people around what is healthy food, the packaging and even placement within supermarkets.

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