No “reduction” objective of meat consumption: just before the vote of trust, Matignon blocks the national food strategy

The publication of the National Food, Nutrition and Climate Strategy (Snanc) was blocked extremely by Matignon, which refused to establish as a “reduction” of meat consumption, according to several sources close to the file. The document that is supposed to define the government’s action for a healthy and sustainable food for 2030, resulting from the Citizen Climate Convention and the Law of Climate and Resilience that followed in 2021, was prepared before July 2023.

After months of procrastination, government waltzes and public consultations and national ecological transition (CNTE), Food (CNA), Health (CNS) and Poverty (CNLE), the project presented in April was the subject of a final interministerial meeting on Wednesday. This meeting was concluded, according to several sources due to discussions, and the strategy should be published before the vote of confidence in the government on Monday. The NGOs were waiting for him for a long time, with the hope of quantified objectives in terms of reducing the consumption of meat and concrete measures to regulate advertising that promotes “junk food to which children are addressed,” according to Foodwatch.

Rather “a balanced meat consumption”

At the end of Wednesday’s interminiisterial meeting, the “reduction in meat consumption” was one of the developments in the diets listed by the strategy, not including quantified objectives, according to several sources for the fact of exchanges. According to these sources, which confirm the media context information, Matignon blocked extremely the expected publication at the end of the week, wishing to replace the idea of ​​reduction with “a balanced meat consumption” that is added to the highest consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes and cereals.

“This decrease is added to the government’s refusal to restrict advertising and marketing aimed at children for harmful products for their health (…) The Bayroun government once again sacrifices the general interest (…) by preferring to satisfy the lobbies of agribusiness,” he added.