The government has set up a working group with members from trade associations, food manufacturers, food retailers and food premises to develop sugar reduction initiatives.
The terms of reference of this working group are as follows:
- To identify ways to reduce sugar consumption via prepackaged beverages as part of the overall strategy to reduce population intake of sugar so as to enhance public health; and
- To discuss promotion strategies that would encourage members of the prepackaged beverage industry to implement measures that would help lower population intake of sugar.
