Actively drive a decrease in the amount of ultraprocessed food eaten in UK.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the government to promote better health and to RESIST lobbying by powerful food industries who fool us all into eating ultra-processed foods which damage our health and increase levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, strokes and other harms. Food labelling needs improvement and honesty.

Advertising is effective. It’s propaganda. Billions are invested in persuading us that this or that processed food is HEALTHY when in fact the messages on the packets (eg: Added vitamins! Low in fat/sugar/salt!) are misleading and fool many people that they are doing the best for their health. Research has proved that high fat diets are NOT bad. High starch diets ARE. Many myths about food are busted in “Spoon-Fed. Why Almost Everything We’ve been Told About Food is Wrong” Professor Tim Spector.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for ultra processed food to be regulated:

Regulate Ultra Processed Food (UPF) packaging and marketing

Timeline

19 Jan 2025	Petition opened for signatures
12 Mar 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Mar 2025

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