Jointly presented by the Ethics Centre of South Australia and the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at UniSA
Food is a necessity of life. It is more than that. Good food is a necessity for health and wellbeing. But how do we tell what is good food, what is good to eat?
Dr Neal Blewett was the chair of a panel of experts asked by the Federal Government to respond to the dissatisfactions of the general populace and politicians regarding food labelling. The result was a Report of Australia's Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy, delivered in January, 2011. (More information: www.foodlabellingreview.gov.au/internet/foodlabelling/publishing.nsf/content/home)
Dr Blewett will discuss the Report, its repercussions on the food industry and its social consequences.
A/Prof Rachel Ankeny is Program Coordinator for the Graduate Program in Food Studies at Adelaide University. She is also a member of the Ethics Centre of South Australia. Recently she has won an ARC grant to explore 'What shall we have for Tea? Toward a New Discourse of Food Ethics in Contemporary Australia'. She will make a response to Dr Blewett's presentation from an ethical viewpoint.