PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nutrition: Health Education (21 July 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the references to dairy products in the revised Eatwell Guide.
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Answer
Following the publication of the Eatwell Guide, representations about dairy contribution towards the diet have been received from the Farmers’ Union of Wales, Dairy UK and the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board.
Government continues to encourage the consumption of dairy products as part of a healthy, balanced diet and acknowledges their role as an important source of a range of nutrients.
Answered by:
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative)
5 September 2016
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