Third of UK government’s nutrition advisors still paid by food companies including Coca Cola and Nestlé - BMJ Group
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Financial conflicts of interest still rife, despite new rules banning such links Public health experts say conflicts should be removed ‘immediately’ Nearly a third of the government’s nutrition advisors still have “significant” ties to the food industry including Coca Cola, Sainsbury’s, and Danone, reveals a new analysis by The BMJ today Six of the 19
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    “All SACN members are due to meet the new interests policy within the next two years,” they added. “In the meantime, existing members with any significant interests are excluded from relevant discussions.”

    But experts argue that scientists with financial ties to the food industry should not be involved in influencing policy and have called for the conflicts to be removed “immediately”.

    So if you’re wondering why we’re not doing anything about it, we have; it just hasn’t come into effect yet.