全球粮食安全与营养论坛 (FSN论坛)

Judith Benedics

Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
Austria

Thanks a lot for the opportunity to contribute to the document “Towards a Common Understanding of Sustainable Food Systems”. Please find our comments below:

General comment:

We recommend to refer to healthy and sustainable food systems rather than to stick to the term sustainable. The publication could also emphasize the synergies between health- and environmental-oriented food system approaches as a catalyst for a holistic food system transformation (p. 29). Health and environmental professionals can build a strong alliance to push the food systems approach forward.

Comments:

Page.8: Section 2.1.1 – Definition: I strongly suggest to explicitly mention health as an important aspect of SFS.

Page.9: Healthy and sustainable food systems lie at the heart of SDGs

Page. 11: Paragraph 2: Reference can be made to the Policy brief: “Connecting food systems for co-benefits: how can food systems combine diet-related health with environmental and economic policy goals?.” (Corinna Hawkes, Kelly Parson) Source: https://www.eu2018.at/calendar-events/political-events/BMASGK-2018-11-22-EU-Food-Systems.html

Page. 40: Public private partnership:

Explicitly mention the importance of public procurement. (Best Practice example: City of Copenhagen: http://www.procuraplus.org/public-authorities/copenhagen/)

Page.51: Determinants of health:

Reference:

https://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(16)30217-0/fulltext

Page.54: Interconnected policy-making

I recommend to refer to the policy brief: “Connecting food systems for co-benefits: how can food systems combine diet-related health with environmental and economic policy goals?.” (Corinna Hawkes, Kelly Parson) Source: https://www.eu2018.at/calendar-events/political-events/BMASGK-2018-11-22-EU-Food-Systems.html

Page 55:

Definition for nutrition

https://www.who.int/topics/nutrition/en/

Definition processed food

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/what-are-processed-foods/

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

With kind regards,

Fabian und Judith