Food Policy on Trial: In the dock – plain packaging on junk food & drink
Our second Food Policy on Trial event put plain packaging on the ‘worst impact’ food and drink ‘in the dock’. We heard from expert witnesses:
- Alex Haigh, Valuation Director, Brand Finance
- Craig Mawdsley, Joint Chief Strategy Officer, AMV BBDO
- Dr Helen Crawley, Director, First Steps Nutrition and
- Ben Pugh, co-founder and CEO, Farmdrop
Our jury panel consisted of four members of the Food Ethics Council:
- Jon Alexander
- Dr Julian Baggini
- Emeritus Professor Liz Dowler and
- Jo Lewis (Chair)
Below you can read selected extracts from the evidence presented, get a sense of the wider discussion and read the jury’s verdict on this emerging policy idea. We encourage you to also listen to the audio recording of the ‘trial’ here and make your own mind up!