The UK government's 2022 food strategy a year later.
The UK government's 2022 food strategy a year later.
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一年后，英国政府发布了 2022 年食品战略。
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10.1038/s43016-023-00859-x
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
23.2
通讯作者：
Doherty B
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作者：
Doherty B
政府粮食战略（GFS）2，英国粮食系统看起来越来越脆弱，粮食价格以创纪录的速度上涨，粮食不安全性飙升3，由于新鲜农产品供应中断，英国超市的货架空空如也。英国越来越依赖进口的新鲜农产品，我们54%的蔬菜和84%的新鲜水果都是进口的。此外，环境、食品和农村事务部（Defra）顾问亨利丁布尔比已经辞职，并发表了他自己对食品系统问题的分析。变革的必要性从未如此明显。然而，政府已经放弃并推迟了几项承诺。部长马克·斯宾塞于2023年5月宣布撤销制定园艺战略的决定。相反，政府表示，它现在希望把重点放在劳动力审查和农业创新计划上。丁布尔比在2021年的独立审查（参考文献6）中阐述了英国饮食在未来十年内需要如何改变，以满足政府在健康，气候和自然方面的目标。到2032年，水果和蔬菜消费量将增加30%，纤维消费量将增加50%。这种180度大转弯显然忽视了这一需要。GFS承诺提供一份健康差距白色文件。然而，HDWP于二零二三年一月被搁置。相反，卫生部长史蒂夫巴克利宣布了一项重大条件战略（MCS）。MCS的出版日期尚未确定，其重点是如何最好地管理与饮食有关的健康状况。至关重要的是，报告没有提到健康方面的差距。这一点受到了卫生专业人士的广泛批评。儿童在上学期间消耗约30%的日常食物和饮料，获得营养学校食品对儿童的健康至关重要。然而，政府只投资了500万英镑来支持“学校烹饪革命”。此外，在扩大免费校餐方面也没有采取任何行动。相比之下，Sadiq Khan（伦敦市长）于2023年2月宣布，伦敦的所有小学生将在明年获得FSM，苏格兰和威尔士正在推出小学阶段的通用FSM。在英格兰，多达80万贫困儿童没有资格获得FSM 9。这是一个采取果断行动的真实的机会，但政府再次未能雄心勃勃地提高水平。GFS承诺启动食品数据透明度伙伴关系（FDTP），并承诺根据一套食品系统指标进行强制性报告。根据Defra 10，FDTP计划的最初重点现在将限于支持食品行业制定测量和通报温室气体排放的标准化方法。这是值得欢迎的，但这种方法解决的是一个单一的问题，并没有把地球和人类健康结合起来。政府财政司承诺在2023年发布土地使用战略。在编写本报告时，还没有关于何时启动土地使用框架的消息，有传言说，该框架将不包括丁布尔比建议的减少畜牧业用地的内容。此外，政府粮食安全局承诺制定新的公共部门粮食采购标准，以促进可持续性。然而，这些新标准尚未推出。首相感到不安，于2023年5月召开了粮食峰会，以促进合作，促进英国粮食和农业。尽管言辞激烈，但对GFS的提及有限。2024年或2025年初，在大选之际，下一届政府将有机会制定更连贯的粮食系统政策。
Government Food Strategy (GFS) 2, the UK food system looks increasingly vulnerable, with food prices increasing at record rates, food insecurity soaring 3 and empty shelves in UK supermarkets due to disruptions in fresh produce supply. The United Kingdom is increasingly reliant on imported fresh produce, with 54% of our vegetables and 84% of our fresh fruit imported 4. Furthermore, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) advisor Henry Dimbleby has resigned and published his own analysis of the problems with the food system 5. The need for transformative change has never been more evident. However, the government has abandoned and delayed several of its promises. Minister Mark Spencer announced in May 2023 a reversing of the decision to develop a strategy for horticulture. Instead, the government says it now wants to focus on a labour review and a farming innovation programme. Dimbleby’s independent review in 2021 (ref. 6) had set out how UK diets will need to change over the next ten years to meet the government’s targets on health, climate and nature. By 2032, fruit and vegetable consumption will have to increase by 30% and fibre consumption by 50%. This U-turn clearly ignores this need. The GFS promised a Health Disparities White Paper (HDWP). However, the HDWP was shelved in January 2023. Instead, Health Secretary Steve Barclay announced a Major Conditions Strategy (MCS). There is no date set for the publication of the MCS, which is focused on how best to manage dietary-related health conditions. Crucially, there has been no mention of health disparities. This has been widely criticized by the health professions 7. Children consume around 30% of their daily food and drink during the school day and access to nutritious school food is vital to children’s health 8. Yet, the government has invested only£ 5 million to support a ‘school cooking revolution’. Furthermore, there has been no movement to extend access to free school meals (FSMs). By contrast, Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) announced in February 2023 that all primary school children in London will receive FSMs for the next year, and universal FSMs at primary level are being launched in Scotland and Wales. In England, as many as 800,000 children in poverty are not eligible to receive FSMs 9. There is a real opportunity for decisive action, but the government again fails to be ambitious on levelling up. The GFS promised the launch of the Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP) with commitments on mandatory reporting against a set of food system metrics. According to Defra 10, the initial focus of the FDTP programme will now be limited to supporting the food industry on developing a standardized approach to measuring and communicating greenhouse gas emissions. This is welcome, but this approach tackles a single issue and does not join up planetary and human health. The GFS committed to publish a land-use strategy in 2023. At the time of writing, there is no news on when the land-use framework will be launched, and it is rumoured that it will not include a reduction in the area used for livestock farming, as recommended by Dimbleby. In addition, the GFS promised new public sector food buying standards to promote sustainability. However, these new standards have yet to be launched. Sensing disquiet, the Prime Minister called a Food Summit in May 2023 to boost co-operation and promote UK food and farming. Despite the rhetoric, there was limited mention of the GFS. In 2024 or early 2025, on the occasion of general elections, the next government will have an opportunity to develop a more coherent food system policy …