Public Health Policy: Submission on the Food Labeling Policy

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Public Health Policy
Student’s Name
Institution
Course
Date

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Ainselie Avenue
P.O. BOX 3456,
Canberra ACT 2341
Australia.
Phone: [phone]
24th September, 2018.
To,
Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC),
Rimmer Street,
P.O. BOX 5423,
Kingston ACT 2301.
RE: SUBMISSION ON THE FOOD LABELING POLICY
The consumption of food always attracts huge concern and consideration in recent few years
because of the added sugars at the time of processing and manufacturing. The Australian Dietary
guidelines and New Zealand Eating Guideline advices a very limited intake of foods which have
added sugars, fats and added salts to them. The regulatory agencies of food, tough, need all the
manufacturing labels for their foods. Labeling of food is a very significant tool of
communication within the manufacturers of food and the customers (Nelson et al. 2014, p. 590).
Due to which FRSC suggests a health policy which aims for regulating the labeling of sugars on
the drinks and also on the packaged foods due to the needs of the users in order to avail complete
knowledge about the content of food that they consume. The labeling of food also enables the
users in making the informed decisions and choices. This paper aims to analyze the policies of

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public health which are proposed by The Food Regulation Standing Committee and
recommendations that makes sure of its efficient implementation.
Public Health Points which the Policy Needs to Address
Public health is significant due to the concerns of people about their wellbeing. Policies
are required to address public health points like safety of food and nutrition. The health report
generated in New Zealand and Australia allege that more than half of total population exceeds
the intake of added sugars (Food Standards Australia New Zealand 2017, p. 23). Hence, nutrition
is significant as it identifies the health of people. There are number of researches which displays
that the foods that contain added sugars can surely remove more nutrition in the diet of the
person and therefore it can end up resulting in the weight gain or obesity. Rather than the policy
restricting the consumption of food that contains added sugars, it can limit the amount of sugar
intakes while the food is out for manufacturing. The information about the sugar which is
provided on the labels is not at all satisfactory and it absolutely does not allow the users to take
the informed decisions in the favor of their nutritional needs (Australian Health Policy
Collaboration and the Australian Dental Association, 2018). The contamination of food and
adulteration should be appropriately addressed in the policies in order to make sure that the users
intake good food (Mhurchu and Gorton 2007, p. 109). The contamination of food and
adulteration must be aptly addresses in the policies for making sure that the consumers’ intake
food which are safe.
Similarly, regulation policy of food labeling must give the percentage of added sugars in
all the products so that the users can make their own correct decisions. Labels of food must not
only mention about the information of sodium, sugars, fats, energy etc but also mention the other
nutrients that the food provides (Dietitians Association of Australia, 2015). The policy should