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Top marks for Jo at the Catering in Scotland Excellence Awards

healthyliving award holder Entiér and the team at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen were celebrating after winning the Healthier Scotland category at the prestigious CIS Excellence Awards in May.

healthyliving award's Claire Brown, Jo Watson
of Entier and Shereen Nanjiani who
hosted the awards

This award acknowledges Entiér’s commitment to providing and supporting healthy eating at the school.  Jo Watson, Entiér's unit manager, has worked tirelessly to improve the choice and variety of food available, allowing the 900 pupils to eat healthily while still enjoying the food they love.

The CIS Excellence Awards recognise the finest of Scotland's talent from the catering, hospitality and tourism industries across the country. The Healthier Scotland category was sponsored by the healthyliving award in association with Healthier Scotland.

News bites

Food standards body for Scotland

Scottish Ministers have agreed to create a new Scottish body for food safety, food standards, nutrition, food labelling and meat inspection.

The move follows the recommendations of the Scudamore review, which was commissioned by the Scottish Government. This followed the UK Government's decision in 2010 to move responsibility for nutrition and food labelling in England from the Food Standards Agency to the Department of Health and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Public Health Minister Michael Matheson said:

“The changes in England removed significant capacity in the FSA’s nutrition and labelling functions for Scotland and needed to be addressed. I thank Professor Jim Scudamore and his colleagues for their months of work to develop this comprehensive report which we have been considering since publication in April.

“We have accepted all their recommendations. A new body will allow a Scottish approach to be taken to tackle poor diet and food-borne diseases and should support our food and drink industry in growing its strong, international reputation for safe, quality food.

“The new body will be at arms-length from the Scottish Government.  The body will encompass nutrition and labelling policy, and meat inspection policy and operational delivery, in addition to food safety and standards.  We will establish a new body which is independent, evidence-based, consumer-focused and transparent.

“Creating a new Scottish Food Standards body will require primary legislation, and we plan to consult on options before the end of this year.”

Marieke Dwarshuis, Senior Director of Consumer Focus Scotland, said:

“We are pleased that this new Scottish body is intended to be transparent and consumer focused and we look forward to seeing the detailed proposals on how it will carry out its vital roles.”

Table talk

Community Food & Health (Scotland) annual networking conference

The CFHS annual networking conference will take place at the Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow on Wednesday 7 November. This event will bring together everyone who has a role or interest in community food and health activity that addresses health inequalities in Scotland. The conference theme will focus on practical examples of how national policies around food and health are being delivered at local level.

The day will include a programme of workshops, speakers, networking and discussion opportunities. Booking forms and programme information will be sent out early in September.

To make sure you don’t miss out, sign up to receive the CFHS e-bulletin by visiting www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk/contact-us.

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issue twenty-three:
August 2012
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