Food

Purpose of the group

The purpose of the Cross-Party Group on Food is as follows:

• To raise awareness of food issues from production through to consumption in Scotland and their importance to the consumer, the economy, the environment and to the health of the Scottish Population
• To act as a policy forum for discussion and updating on food issues in Scotland
• To contribute to policy development on a range of food issues in Scotland

Minutes

• Minutes of Meeting 20 June 2012 (38KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 September 2012 (97KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 16 January 2013 (24KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 19 June 2013 (216KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 24 September 2013 (88KB pdf)
• Minutes of meeting 29 January 2014 (161KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 18 June 2014 (161KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 25 November 2014 (185KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 17 February 2015 (185KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 7 October 2015 (195KB pdf)
• Minutes of Meeting 27 January 2016 (201KB pdf)

Annual Return/Report

• Registration Form (301KB pdf)
• Annual Return 23 July 2012 (23KB pdf) 
• Annual Return 8 August 2013 (175KB pdf)
• Annual Return 30 June 2014 (175KB pdf)
• Annual Return 20 October 2015 (195KB pdf) 

Group Officers

• Co-Convener: Claudia Beamish
• Co-Convener: Jim Hume
• Co-Convener: John Scott
• Co-Convener: Patrick Harvie
• Co-Convener: Rob Gibson

Group Members

• Alex Fergusson
• Christian Allard
• Claire Baker
• Elaine Murray
• Sarah Boyack

Non MSP Individuals

Organisations

Scottish Food and Drink Federation - secretary

3 x 1 Public Relations

Abertay Uni

Advocate for Animals

AEA Technology

Agrico

Artilus

Asda

Brands to Markets

British Heart Foundation

Carnegie Trust

Cooperative Development Scotland

Coeliac UK

Community Food and Health Scotland

Community Food Initiatives North East

Community Retailing Network

COSLA

Countryside Alliance

Crofting Org

Cyrenians

Dairy UK

Denvir Marketing

East Ayrshire Council

Eco Schools

Edinburgh Scientific services

Food and Health Alliance

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens

Fife Diet

Food Standards Agency (Scotland) (Now FSS)

Food Training Scotland

Footprint Consulting

Freshwater UK

Glasgow City Council

Highland Council

Institute of Food Science and Technology

Improve Ltd.

Inside South Network

Interface Food and Drink

LANTRA

Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership

Lithgows

Love Pure Cakes

Macphie of Glenbervie

Martins

McDonalds

McGrigors

NFUS

NHS Health Scotland

NHS Lothian

North Ayrshire Council

Nourish

Office of Fair Trading

Pagoda PR

Pinnacle

Pinsent Masons

Quality Meat Scotland

Queen Margaret University

REHIS

Robert Gordon University

RHASS

Robert Gordon Uni

Sainsburys

SAOS

School of Thai Kitchen Scotland

Scotch Whisky Association

Scotland Food and Drink

Scottish Agricultural College

Scottish Bakers

Scottish Borders Council

Scottish Crofting Federation

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Federation of Meat Traders’ Association

Scottish Food Advisory Committee (now disbanded)

Scottish Food Guide

Scottish Food Quality Certification (SFQC)                   

Scottish Government

Scottish Meat Training

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Out of School Care Network

Scottish Organic Milk

Scottish Qualifications Association 

Scottish Retail Consortium

Scottish Quality Salmon

Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition

Scottish Wholesalers Assn

Seafish

Seafood Scotland

SFQC

Skills Development Scotland

Slow Food

Soil Association Scotland

Stirling Council

Strathearn Solutions

Tartan Silk PR

Taste Communications

Tesco

The Children’s Orchard

Trellis Scotland

University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health

University of Abertay

Vivid Solutions

Wordbird

Which

William Reed

WLFFC

Zero Waste Scotland