Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion
Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Portugal has a very good example. That country has legislated for marketing restrictions. It is another country we are working with at EU level and looking at how that approach has worked, how it is being bedded in and at the evidence of the impact in this regard. The Commission is also working on setting nutrient profiles and front-of-pack labelling. This work is being led by a cross-departmental group, including representatives drawn from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. There are several areas involved and much cross-departmental work happening in this regard as well.
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