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Article: NPM used on vending machines in hospitals.(news)(nutrient profiling model)(Brief article)
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- February 28, 2009
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The industry's worst fears about the potential misuse of the FSA's Nutrient Profiling Model have been realised.
Two years after The Grocer warned in our Weigh It Up! campaign that Ofcom's use of the NPM was the thin end of the wedge, it has emerged that the Welsh Assembly is using the model to justify banning what it terms 'unhealthy food' from vending machines in hospitals.
The FDF has called for an urgent meeting with Edwina Hart, Minister for Health and Social Services, to discuss the issue. "We have no problem with the Welsh Assembly developing a food policy," said FDF communications director : Julian Hunt. "But we would be very disappointed if we ...