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<p>To drive positive change through better information, transparency, and accountability,
we are launching a transformational Food Data Transparency Partnership. The partnership
will provide consumers with the information they need to make more sustainable, ethical,
and healthier food choices and incentivise industry to produce healthier and more
ethical and sustainable food.</p><p> </p><p>Improving food system data and information
is a shared challenge. The partnership will provide a framework to bring together
the UK government, including the Department for Health and Social Care, Defra and
the Food Standards Agency, Devolved Administrations and representatives from across
the whole food supply chain and civil society.</p><p> </p><p>We want to design stakeholders,
including industry and civil society, into the fabric of how the programme is run
and into how its outputs are developed. The governance structure and process for involvement
is being developed and will be announced in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Initially,
the partnership will develop consistent and defined metrics to measure the health,
environmental sustainability, and animal welfare impacts of food. By the end of 2023,
in England, we will streamline reporting requirements relating to the production and
sale of food and drink. We will consult on implementing mandatory public reporting
against a set of health metrics and explore a similar approach to sustainability and
animal welfare. We will fully consult on any mandatory measures before they are introduced.</p><p>
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