Day 054 - 24 Nov 94 - Page 04
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think it might be a good idea to ask
4 Ms. Dibb to tell us more about what the National Food
5 Alliance is, what its objectives are, how it works, that
6 sort of thing?
7 A. Yes, perhaps I could refer the court to the aims and
8 objectives of the National Food Alliance?
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that a document we have?
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12 MS. STEEL: Yes. I think it was disclosed; it is probably
13 behind the statement.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, it is the one with the child on
16 the -----
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18 MS. STEEL: No, it is the Responsible Food Advertising.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I merely say that because on the second sheet
21 of that it has a heading "National Food Alliance" and what
22 may be quite a succinct description of what it does.
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24 MS. STEEL: Is that a description you are happy to explain?
25 A. Yes, it is a slightly longer one, but I am happy to
26 read that out. "The National Food Alliance is a UK
27 Association of National voluntary professional health
28 consumer and other public interest organisations which was
29 founded in 1985. Its policy is to advance the education of
30 the public in and to carry out research into all aspects of
31 food and agriculture policy. The purpose is to improve the
32 health of the general public and increase knowledge and
33 appreciation for the way in which food is produced and
34 distributed and the effects this can have on human health
35 and on the environment on which humans depend.
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37 The National Food Alliance is a voice for national
38 non-government, non-profit organisations working in the
39 public interest. As such, the NFA and member organisations
40 are represented on the national nutrition task force set up
41 by government in 1992 to find ways and means to achieve the
42 goals set out in the White Paper, the Health of the
43 Nation.
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45 The activities of the National Food Alliance include
46 collecting, analysing and distributing information relevant
47 to the purposes of the NFA and its members; discussing food
48 and agriculture policy issues with the objective of sharing
49 information; exchanging views and identifying agreements
50 amongst NFA members; promoting the interests and concerns
51 of the NFA and its members and representing them at all
52 levels of policy-making national and international;
53 publishing information, recommendations and policy
54 statements in the public interest endorsed by specified NFA
55 members.
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57 Now, the full list of organisations who are members of the
58 National Food Alliance is listed in the other document, the
59 Responsible Food Advertising document. It lists the
60 members and observers of the National Food Alliance".
