Who decides what you eat?
The power of food environments on consumer diets
28 June 2023
15:00 - 17:30 CEST
The Federation of Enterprises
Rue Ravenstein 4, Brussels
Programme
15:00 - 15:10 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Natasha Foote | Euractiv
15:10 - 15:20 | Commission Keynote
Claire Bury | Deputy Director General for Food Sustainability at DG SANTE, European Commission
15:20 - 15:45 | Towards sustainable food consumption - What does science say?
Two of the independent scientific advisors for the EU Scientific Advice Mechanism will present their findings and recommendations following the publication of their reports on sustainable food consumption.
- Erik Mathijs | Chair of the SAPEA Working Group
- Eric Lambin | Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
15:45 - 16:50 | Panel debate: Who decides what you eat? Food environments in our daily life
- Claire Bury | Deputy Director General for Food Sustainability at DG SANTE, European Commission
- Francisco Guerreiro | Member of the European Parliament
- Christel Delberghe | Director General of Eurocommerce
- Monique Goyens | Director General, BEUC
- Lynnette Neufeld | Director Food and Nutrition Division, FAO
The panel debate will include a Q&A session.
16:50 - 17:00 | Closing remarks
Natasha Foote | Euractiv
17:00 - 17:30 | Reception
Event Materials
This joint event is part of the project between Eurogroup for Animals, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) to move the debate around food environments to the forefront and campaign for food environments that promote healthy sustainable diets with less and better animal products.
