Stresa Conference July 1958 agreed 3 objectives for CAP:
How CAP works:
6 main mechanisms
Internal tensions / conflicts. It has failed to meet some of its own goals
Court of Auditors
Special
report No 8/2000on disposal of butterfat
Amsterdam Treaty 1996
Public Health Article 152
Consumer protection: Amsterdam Treaty 1996 Article 153
Swedish National Institute of Public Health
EU developments on nutrition and health include:
International pressure to change CAP
So where does CAP go from here?
Rich countries subsidise agriculture
Support for Agriculture (2001)
CAP spending & EU Agric Exports
Summary of CAP’s impact on LDCs
2. CAP is now caught in global restructuring
Food globalisation is not new, e.g. potatoes, rice, wheat, spices. What is new is…
3. Political
Debate:
Who does CAP favour?
In EU – is concentration creating twin track policy channel?
EU-15 supply chain funnel (2003)
Largest food transnationals, by turnover, 1998
World's Top 20 Grocery
Retailers,
by Turnover (2000)
4. Marginalisation of health in trade?
Post WW2 food revolution is still in control of production and quality
5. Current drivers marginalise health
…but… Health has a strong emerging policy framework
…with emerging EU policy opportunities
…and strong external pressure for CAP reform
7. Health has good
evidence
for action: global & EU
Emerging / implicit Health Impact Assessment has simple arguments (good for policy!)
8. Public Opinion is contradictory: what do Europeans think about food and health?
9. Health case for CAP reform could link with environmental case: e.g food miles
Environmental costs: UK figures - Pretty et al
But not just an EU environmental costs e.g. food miles USA
Global Marine Fish Catch, by Regions, 1975-1995
Where does this leave public health nutrition?
Conclusion: CAP raises questions of public policy
From CAP to a Common Food and Health Policy?
A 4 pillar model of Food & Health (WHO)