scholarly journals Injustice in Food-Related Public Health Problems: A Matter of Corporate Responsibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-413
Author(s):  
Tjidde Tempels ◽  
Vincent Blok ◽  
Marcel Verweij
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Moral Duties ◽  
Iris Marion Young ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
Consumer Autonomy

ABSTRACTThe responsibility of the food and beverage industry for noncommunicable diseases is a controversial topic. Public health scholars identify the food and beverage industry as one of the main contributors to the rise of these diseases. We argue that aside from moral duties like not doing harm and respecting consumer autonomy, the food industry also has a responsibility for addressing the structural injustices involved in food-related health problems. Drawing on the work of Iris Marion Young, this article first shows how food-related public health problems can be understood as structural injustices. Second, it makes clear how the industry is sustaining these health injustices, and that due to this connection, corporate actors share responsibility for addressing food-related health problems. Finally, three criteria (capacity, benefit, and vulnerability) are discussed as grounds for attributing responsibility, allowing for further specification on what taking responsibility for food-related health problems can entail in corporate practice.

Better Evaluation Can Improve the Effectiveness of Agreements Between Public Health Organizations and Food and Beverage Companies

2021 ◽  
pp. 109821402097978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean L. Wiecha ◽  
Mary K. Muth
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Public Health Organizations ◽  
Food And Beverage

Most Americans consume diets at odds with nutrition recommendations, contributing to our ongoing epidemics of noncommunicable diseases. One strategy for accelerating progress toward healthier diets involves formal agreements between companies and nongovernmental organizations to develop new products, reformulate existing products, and implement new marketing strategies. Although the general intention for industry agreements is to generate public health benefits, their goals and activities may not align with this intention. Based on a literature review and technical assistance we provided to organizations engaged in industry agreements, we believe that increasing scientific scope and rigor in evaluations of voluntary food and beverage industry agreements could improve potential public health benefits and understanding of their actual effects. We provide recommendations for external, unconflicted funding that permits comprehensive, independent, and rigorous evaluation of voluntary industry agreements.

scholarly journals Obligaciones estatales en el contexto de dietas no saludables: Allanando el camino dentro del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 43-72
Author(s):  
Belén Ríos ◽  
Isabel Barbarosa ◽  
Ariadna Tovar Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Processed Products ◽  
Rights Issue

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in the Americas. NCDs are largely preventable because of the modifiable nature of their risk factors, including the elevated consumption of processed and ultra-processed products that can be traced to the recurrent practices of the food and beverage industry. This article explores diet-related risk factors to NCDs as a human rights issue that can and should be addressed within the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS). In particular, we argue that States can potentially be held responsible for their failure to comply with the obligation to guarantee human rights; specifically, by not acting with due diligence through the regulation of the food and beverage industry. Moreover, we argue that States can also potentially be held responsible for failing to comply with the obligation to respect human rights, considering its complicity with the food and beverage industry.

Not so sweet refrain: sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, industry opposition and harnessing the lessons learned from tobacco control legal challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita George
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sugar Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Sweetened Beverage ◽  
Sugary Drinks ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage

AbstractAs a growing number of countries implement, or announce plans to introduce, a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax, this paper explores the public health rationale for such a tax and provides an overview of the international normative and policy instruments supporting the introduction of fiscal measures on sugary drinks. After examining parallels between the legal arguments raised by the food and beverage industry in opposition to SSB taxes and those raised by the tobacco industry in response to tobacco control measures, this paper draws four key lessons that will assist countries to design effective and robust SSB tax measures and counter food and beverage industry opposition: regulatory distinctions in tax coverage should be based on bona fide, evidence-based reasoning; evidence-based measures need to be tailored to a country’s public health objectives as part of a comprehensive strategy to address unhealthy diet consumption; procedural requirements and due process should be observed in the drafting and implementation of the measure; and regulatory space exists within domestic constitutions, laws and international trade and investment agreements recognising the sovereign right of states to regulate in the interests of public health.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility in Food and Beverage Industry: An Analysis Study of Soft Drinks Sector in Algeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
Ounane Boumediene ◽  
Yahiaoui Nour El Houda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Good Information ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Corporate Social

The aim of this study is to highlight the most important issues of social responsibility for companies in the Algerian beverage sector. In Algeria, despite growing concerns of consumers and health advocates in effects associated with high levels of consumption of beverages on public health, along with other issues such as; the quality of drinks, percentage of sugar, ingredients, packaging. Studies dealing with social responsibility in this sector are rather scarce. Our results show that applying CSR principles stills not very common in this field and too much efforts are needed in order to legitimize the activity of the enterprises, likewise an increasing acceptance of social responsibility principles so that to establish the rules of ethical practices in the future. Finally, some urgent measures, such as installing a good information system as well as a set of laws and standards that regulates CSR, and reducing the effect of the informal sector should be undertaken by the Algerian government.

The risks of public health partnerships with the food and beverage industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M McKe
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Partnerships ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage

Abstract Martin McKee will question whether the private sector can be trusted to act as partners in addressing global health issues such as the NCD pandemic, and present evidence that suggests health actors should proceed with caution when considering the industry as potential bedfellows. He will argue that the known actions of many commercial organisations impose an obligation on those seeking to engage with public health bodies to demonstrate absolute transparency, while the public health bodies have an obligation to understand the ways in which commercial organisations seek to shape the dominant narrative and capture regulatory processes.

scholarly journals Agreements Between Public Health Organizations and Food and Beverage Companies: Approaches to Improving Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean L. Wiecha ◽  
Mary K. Muth
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Public ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Access To Data

Efforts in the United States and abroad to address the chronic disease epidemic have led to the emergence of voluntary industry agreements as a substitute for regulatory approaches to improve the healthfulness of foods and beverages. Because of the lack of access to data and limited budgets, evaluations of these agreements have often been limited to process evaluation with less focus on outcomes and impact. Increasing scientific scope and rigor in evaluating voluntary food and beverage industry agreements would improve potential public health benefits and understanding of the effects of these agreements. We describe how evaluators can provide formative, process, and outcome assessment and discuss challenges and opportunities for impact assessment. We explain how logic models, industry profiles, quasi-experimental designs, mixed-methods approaches, and third-party data can improve the effectiveness of agreement design and evaluation. These methods could result in more comprehensive and rigorous evaluation of voluntary industry agreements, thus providing data to bolster the public health impacts of future agreements. However, improved access to data and larger evaluation budgets will be needed to support improvements in evaluation.

Influencing Factors on Customer Satisfaction towards American Brands in the Food and Beverage Industry in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Atiqah Rochin Demong ◽  
Abdul Kadir Othman ◽  
Salmi Bawasa
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Customer Expectation ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Convenience Sampling

Customer satisfaction is the ultimate aim to food and beverage F&B industry as it ascertains that satisfied customers will stay loyal and reduce the amount of complaints towards their brand of choice. The main purpose of the research is to understand the influencing factors on customer satisfaction towards American brand in F&B industry in Malaysia. Convenience sampling method was used involving the respondents that consist of customers and shoppers within five mega malls in Kuala Lumpur to represent the total population of the study. The researcher used a multiple regression analysis to analyze 384 data from customers. The results indicate a positive and significant influence of all influencing factors (perceived quality, perceived value and Customer Expectation) on customer satisfaction. Customer expectation is seen to be the factor that was highly influential towards satisfaction, followed by perceived quality and perceived value. The implications of the study are discussed in the paper.

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