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WHO REPLIED?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 No of organisations Type of organisation
Breakdown of type of organisation responding to the Health and harmony consultation
Harmonising health in a Green Brexit Public health messages in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Harmonising health in a Green Brexit Public health messages in - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Harmonising health in a Green Brexit Public health messages in responses to Health and harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit consultation WHO REPLIED? Breakdown of type of organisation responding to the
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KEY FINDINGS
49% want trade policy to protect food standards. 39% want healthy diet at heart of policy. 32% want public health defined as a public good. 32% want food labels to show production method. 30% agree with “polluter pays” principle. 27% want antimicrobial resistance addressed. 15% want Agriculture Bill aligned with UN sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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COMMONALITIES
- Maintain EU-UK regulatory alignment.
- Prevent regulatory divergence across UK.
- Resist race to bottom on price in trade.
- Future farming in UK needs to be sustainable.
- Public money for public goods welcomed.
- Natural capital is beneficial to health and
well-being.
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INDUSTRY CHALLENGES TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- Public health issues lie beyond the farm gate.
(Tenant Farmers’ Association)
- Food cannot always be cheap if it is healthy &
environmentally sustainable.
(Campaign to Protect Rural England)
- Labels becoming old-fashioned – brand
information now given through social media.
(National Pig Association)
- Polluter is the ultimate consumer unwilling to
pay price for purchasing decisions.
(Tenant Farmers’ Association)
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PUBLIC HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES
- Agriculture could learn from public health crises
and address the cause of issues.
(Agricology)
- Agricultural policies are not stand alone but must
be integrated across government.
(National Trust / Organic Farmers & Growers / Yorkshire Agricultural Society)
- Generational opportunity for sustainable food
production, restore eco-system, improve public health & wellbeing.
(Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management)
- Adequate food for sound nutrition is human right.
(Green MEPs / The A Team)
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LIMITATIONS
- Small sample size
(71 published responses of 44000 responses received by DEFRA)
- Potential bias towards campaigning or lobby
groups.
- Focus on 7 key public health messages only –
some richness may have been lost.
- Difficult to extract messages from lengthy,
technical consultation responses .
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- Definition of “public good” required.
- Good degree of alignment on key public
health messages.
- Scope for collaboration across sectors.
- Continue dialogue with DEFRA.
CONCLUSIONS
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