a brief and precise discussion about future and present trends of food policy in order to provide the people with best of the food and ensure the safety as well as security of food.

1. TRENDS IN FOOD POLICY
Maira Jabeen
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2. OUTLINE
Principle expression of food policy
Formulation & Implementation of food policy
Forward Trends
Food Security
Right to adequate food
Food Aid
Nutrition
Implementation of nutrition plans

3. FORMULATION
• Formulation of food policies within the country depends upon several
factors:
• Legislative processes
• International interest and commitments
• National objectives
• Focus on areas that are lacking in their basic needs
• Economic factors
• Conflicting policy goals
• Food distribution programs

4. IMPLEMENTATION
• After the development of food policy comes implementation.
• Raising Awareness
• Written interventions
• Codex Alimentarius Commission
• Food subside
• Supportive measures
• Cultivation of certain crops
• Use of pesticide
• Export of particular products

5. FORWARD TRENDS
• Increase in food borne illness with the increase in population
• Need to exercise control at all stages from production to consumption.
• This safe production of food is implemented through:
• Food inspection systems
• Good manufacturing processes
• Food safety systems
• Hazard analysis critical control points

6. FOOD SECURITY
• Food policies are majorly constructed to combat and deal with
the issues of food security.
• Reports shows that there is enough food produced in the world
to satisfy the needs of all still many people still lack economic
and physical access to it.

7. IMPLEMENTATION OF
FOOD SECURITY
• Developing national food security programmes.
• Establishment of inter-ministerial coordination mechanisms.
• Arranging awareness campaigns.
• Strengthening national food reserves.
• Emergency systems to implement food security.
• Year-round stability of food supplies.

8. IMPLEMENTATION OF
FOOD SECURITY
• Enhancement of agricultural production
• By increasing the efficiency of water
• By making more efficient use of land.
• By improving infrastructure

9. RIGHT TO ADEQUATE
FOOD
In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed that
“EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO A STANDARD OF
LIVING ADEQUATE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
OF HIMSELF AND OF HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING FOOD”
Along with the right for the provision of adequate food it is also very
important to focus on the fundamental right to be free from hunger.

11. FOOD AID
• Food aid can be defined as
“The international sourcing of concessional resources in the form of or
for the provision of food”
• While it can also be defined as
“The national domestically funded distribution of food”

12. FOOD AID
• Food aid is an important tool and have the following characteristics
• Helps against food security
• Record keeping is always done
• FAO & WTO are working to ensure that food aid does not distort markets
• It can be done through NGOs.
• Food aid is given when a crisis resulting from a natural disaster.
• Food aid is not considered a means to a sustainable food supply

13. NUTRITION
• The spectrum of malnutrition deals with those arising from an insufficient
intake of good quality and safe food.
• While dealing with malnutrition, governments have had to re-examine policies
relating to:
• Production of food
• Trade of food
• Pricing policy
• Marketing of food and agricultural commodities

14. NUTRITION
• Malnutrition sometimes also leads towards the health related issues
including:
• Obesity
• Cardio vascular diseases
• Hypertension
• Diabetes

15. IMPLEMENTATION OF
NUTRITION
1st phase
• The nutritional policy should include provision in basic food laws stating that
all food produced and sold in the country must not only be safe, but also
nutritious.

16. IMPLEMENTATION OF
NUTRITION
2nd phase
• The second area is advertising and marketing.
• Some states have enacted strict rules prohibiting and penalizing the marketing
of unhealthy foods. Particularly those high in saturated fat, salt and free sugars
to children.

17. CONCLUSION
Lastly to sum up it would be perfect to say that food policies are
formulated in order to ensure the system of food security as well as
to make sure that every person who is getting the food also gets the
nutrition and so the state with strongest food policy is the one with
less chances of malnourishment.

18. THANKYOU!