Foods for Early Childhood Reference Group

This reference group is developing a best practice guide to support the food industry to improve commercial foods for infants and young children.

Role

The Foods for Early Childhood Reference Group is developing a guide for the food industry to help improve commercial foods for infants and young children.

This is part of the Healthy Food Partnership. The partnership brings together governments, the public health sector and the food industry to:

  • improve the diet of Australians
  • reduce diet-related diseases, overweight and obesity.

The group will work with the food industry to develop a best practice guide. The guide will support companies to align foods for infants and young children to the evidence and guidelines on early childhood feeding. Guidance areas may include:

  • flavour profile
  • labelling
  • packaging
  • serving size.

Members

Name Organisation

Gillian Duffy (Chair)

Department of Health and Aged Care

Grant Robinson

Department of Health and Aged Care

Lucy Briscoe (proxy for Natalie Chong)

Woolworths

Natalie Chong

Woolworths

Dr Daisy Coyle

The George Institute

Dr Catharine Fleming

Western Sydney University

Matthew Foale

Symington’s

Peter Fryer

Nestlé Nutrition

Anne-Marie Mackintosh

Australian Food and Grocery Council

Jennifer McCann

Deakin University

Dr Merryn Netting

South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute

Shae Rickards

Bellamy’s Organic
Me& Biotech

Andrea Schmidtke Food for Health Alliance
Jacqui Turner PZ Cussons

Christine Weaver

Kraft Heinz

Dr Miaobing (Jazzmin) Zheng Deakin University

Related groups

Other working groups involved in the Healthy Food partnership include the:

Healthy Food Partnership and Reformulation Program contact

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