The Scientific Advisory Board consisted of eleven researchers who have accompanied the process in an honorary capacity. In a statement, members of the Board recommended that Parliament and the Government discuss the proposals of the Citizens' Assembly without delay and transform them into citizen-centred structures and draft legislation. Furthermore, the researchers suggested that the implementation of the measures be evaluated after one to two years in a kind of monitoring by the Scientific Advisory Board and selected citizens.
The nine key points of the Citizens' Assembly are:
- free and healthy lunches should be offered at all kindergartens and schools nationwide
- Conscious shopping made easy with a mandatory government label.
- Mandatory passing on of edible food by food retailers.
- Transparent presentation of the living conditions and origin of animals
- New tax rate for food
- Communal catering in care facilities
- Consumption tax to promote animal welfare
- Age limit for energy drinks
- More staff for food inspections and better transparency
From September 2023 to mid-January 2024, the participants of the Citizens' Assembly developed their recommendations on the topic of "Nutrition in transition. Between a private matter and a public responsibility" to draw up their recommendations. The 160 participants of the Citizens' Assembly were randomly selected nationwide from all residents aged 16 and over. The Citizens' Assembly was intended to represent the diversity of society as well as possible and also to make visible the voices that are otherwise less present in political discussions. the committee represents a cross-section of the population. Now that the proposals have been submitted, the parliamentary debate on the citizens' recommendations will begin.
Press release by the Citizen’s Assembly:
https://www.buergerrat.de/en/news/citizens-report-on-nutrition-handed-over/
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