Customer in a cafeteria (archive), via dts news agency
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Berlin (dts news agency) – The Citizens’ Assembly “Nutrition in Transition” commissioned by the Bundestag has presented its proposals for reforming nutrition policy. As the recommendation with the highest priority, the committee made up of selected citizens suggests free lunch for all children as a “key to educational opportunities and health“, as announced on Sunday.
The other proposals include, among other things, a mandatory state label, the distribution of edible foods by food retailers, a “new tax rate” for food, a consumption tax to promote animal welfare, an age limit for energy drinks and more staff for food inspections.
Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) welcomed the proposals: “Democracy was lived in the Citizens’ Assembly ‘Nutrition in Transition’, in a climate of openness, curiosity and courage for objective exchange,” she said on Sunday. The committee gave “important impulses” for parliamentary work. “Very specific recommendations such as free lunch for all children or an age limit for energy drinks are now on the table, which we as MPs will now deal with.”
The 160 members of the Citizens’ Council were drawn and have met on three face-to-face weekends and six online meetings since September 2023. A scientific advisory board, for which all parliamentary groups in the Bundestag had appointed experts, was supposed to support the Citizens’ Assembly in its work. A scientific evaluation of the first citizens’ assembly commissioned by the Bundestag is scheduled to be published at the end of February 2024.
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