Defining 'high quality' for food production: Evidence review

7 Appendix: Further details of texts outlined in Table 1

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: The National Development Plan for Crofting

Context: "the Scottish Government completed its £3 million renovation of the stud farm facilities at Knocknagael in Inverness in April 2013. The modernised stud facility provides quality accommodation for the bulls, optimising their welfare and enabling crofters to continue to benefit from access to high quality, healthy bulls"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Strategy for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Research 2022-2027

Context: "high quality agricultural products …. are known for their provenance and quality”, and “[the goal is] to create resilient, sustainable, high quality crop production systems [should] support the rural economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security and the circular economy"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Food and nutrition

Title: Government food strategy

Context: "[high quality products] support healthier diet [and result from] sustainable, nature positive and affordable food systems"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Legislation

Primary Subject: Food and nutrition

Title: Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022

Context: "In preparing the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to— the ability of high quality, nutritious and culturally appropriate food to improve the health and physical and mental wellbeing of people"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: Ireland

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Food and nutrition

Title: Food Vision 2030

Context: "[Ireland's food] strategy takes a systematic approach to addressing the challenge of ensuring that Ireland can continue to produce high quality food in a manner that protects the environment and mitigates climate change"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: European Union

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Action Plan for the development of organic production

Context: "high quality food [should be] produced in a way that respects the environment and ensures animal welfare"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: European Union

Type of text: Legislation

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013

Context: "to improve the response of Union agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including high-quality, safe and nutritious food produced in a sustainable way, to reduce food waste, as well as to improve animal welfare and to combat antimicrobial resistance" and "The Union needs to foster a modern, competitive, resilient and diversified agricultural sector which reaps the benefits of high-quality production and resource-efficiency, and which ensures long-term food security as part of a competitive and productive agri-food sector while safeguarding the family farm model"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: European Union

Type of text: Legislation

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007

Context: "observance of high standards for health, the environment, and animal welfare in the production of organic products is intrinsic to the high quality of those products"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: European Union

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Farm to Fork Strategy

Context: "high quality [food] is the result of years of EU policymaking to protect human, animal and plant health, and of the efforts of farmers, fishers and aquaculture producers"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: European Union

Type of text: Policies

Primary Subject: Food and nutrition

Title: Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems

Context: "Phosphate and potash are key nutrients to ensure good yields of high-quality arable crops"

Source: FAOLEX

Jurisdiction: European Union

Type of text: Regulation

Primary Subject: Food and nutrition

Title: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2465 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for eggs, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008

Context: "The quality characteristics for Class A eggs should be fixed in order to guarantee the high quality of eggs to be delivered directly to the final consumer and to set criteria that can be checked by inspection services. Such quality characteristics should be based on Standard No 42 of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) concerning the marketing and commercial quality controls of eggs-in-shell moving in international trade between and to UN/ECE member countries"

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Unspecified

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Animal Health and Welfare in the Livestock Industry Strategy

Context: "High standards of animal health and welfare in the livestock industry are one of the foundation stones of Scotland’s reputation for high quality and ethical produce” and “producers need to build on Scotland’s reputation for high quality produce” and "Scotland depends on the quality of its natural environment in order to both produce and market high quality food”

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Unspecified

Primary Subject: Food and nutrition

Title: Scottish Parliament. Meeting of the Parliament. Official report

Context: "The UK Government is going to launch a consultation on a new food labelling scheme that will ensure that consumers know what they are buying: high quality British produce, rather than imported goods that do not meet UK welfare standards"

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Unspecified

Primary Subject: Unspecified

Title: Agriculture bill: consultation analysis

Context: "79% of respondents agreed that the new Agriculture Bill should include a mechanism to enable payments that support high quality food production"

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Unspecified

Primary Subject: Unspecified

Title: The next step in delivering our vision for Scotland as a leader in sustainable and regenerative farming - Our vision for Scottish Agriculture

Context: "develop a framework that delivers high quality food production, climate mitigation and adaptation, and nature restoration"

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Scotland)

Type of text: Unspecified

Primary Subject: Unspecified

Title: The Common Agricultural Policy Non IACS Support Schemes

Context: "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 laying down rules for the management of a tariff quota for high-quality beef"

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Type of text: Consultation

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Health and Harmony. The future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit

Context: "British farmers have been producing high quality food, doing their best to protect the environment and keeping our rural areas economically healthy" and "Producing high-quality food, maximising environmental benefits and diversification (e.g. into energy generation, tourism and commercial forestry) are all opportunities, but we recognise that these will be defined by the surrounding landscape and by investment potential"

Source: Snowballing

Jurisdiction: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Type of text: Consultation

Primary Subject: Agricultural and rural development

Title: Health and Harmony. The future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit. Summary of responses

Context: "importance of acknowledging high quality, nutritious food as a public good and its connection to animal health and welfare, emphasising the link between farming and food production" and "producing high quality food from a high quality environment"