Washington, July 18, 2022 – The Sustainable Food Policy Alliance (SFPA), which includes global food companies Danone North America, Mars, Incorporated, Nestlé USA, and Unilever United States, has submitted comments on the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health to help inform a national strategy.
SFPA’s recommendations call for:
- strengthening children’s nutrition assistance programs to prevent hunger and improve nutrition security throughout childhood;
- dietary guidelines that provide inspiration for food innovation and account for the connections among climate change, public health, and food security; and
- adequate annual funding for government agencies to engage in comprehensive consumer education, dietary surveys, and research related to healthy diets and nutrition across the lifespan with increased representation of children, and historically disenfranchised communities.
Our comments reflect the work by the Alliance over recent years to improve nutrition security and reduce hunger and diet-related diseases for all Americans.
Read the full comment from SFPA here.
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About the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance
The Sustainable Food Policy Alliance seeks to accelerate the pace of change in the food industry through individual company leadership and collective support for public policies that raise the bar and inspire further action in this critical journey. As some of the world’s best-known food companies, founding members Danone North America, Mars, Incorporated, Nestlé USA, and Unilever United States recognize our responsibility to drive positive change for the people who use our products, the people who supply them, and the planet on which we all rely. To learn more about the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance, visit www.foodpolicyalliance.org.
