Nutrition-responsive food legislation and legal frameworks

The Ministry responsible for Health, leading a multisectoral team in Zimbabwe, commits to review and establish nutrition-responsive food legislation and legal frameworks. The review of the legal frameworks will be aimed at improving the nutrition labelling, improving consumer awareness on making healthier choices as well making the food environment better work for improved nutrition outcomes. Efforts will be made to facilitate better implementation of school nutrition guidelines with focus on improvement of the school food environment. Capacity building with technical personnel across sectors, advocacy work with policy makers, consumer awareness and knowledge management including documentation of success stories will form part of the interventions. The interventions will also include strengthening of systems for monitoring and reporting on the Public Health (Breastmilk Substitutes, Infant and Young Child Nutrition) Regulations S1 192 of 2024, which are regulations aimed at regulating the marketing and distribution of breastmilk substitutes. The Code monitoring exercises will be conducted and reports shared for improvement in the food systems and carefgivers informed choices.