Federal Minister Julia Klöckner with members of the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) in Bonn Photo: BMEL/Mewes
Federal Minister Julia Klöckner with members of the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) in Bonn Photo: BMEL/Mewes Germany's Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) submits recommendations to the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Germany's Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE), an interdisciplinary body that advises the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture on a voluntary basis about policy development, today presents its new report -Promoting more sustainable food consumption: Developing an integrated food policy and creating fair food environments- to Federal Minister Julia Klöckner in Bonn. In it, the WBAE formulates nine central recommendations for the transformation of the food system. These recommendations are oriented towards the four central targets of more sustainable nutrition, known as the "Big Four": health, social issues, environment and animal welfare. Recommendations include the gradual introduction of free high-quality childcare and school meals, the abolition of the VAT rate concession on animal products, the introduction of a new excise tax on sugar-containing drinks and the introduction of a mandatory climate label for all food. The report shows that the public debate is too often dominated by symbolic political arguments, for example about plastic bags, instead of key environmental policy issues such as the need for a significant reduction in the consumption of animal products.
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