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ReviewNature food2024

An ecological reorientation of the Codex Alimentarius Commission could help transform food systems.

Mark Lawrence, Christine Parker, Hope Johnson, Fiona Haines, Monique Boatwright, Tanita Northcott, Phillip Baker

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Review in Nature food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Research roadmap for ultra-processed foods in the context of the Australian food system.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mark LawrenceInstitute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. mark.lawrence@deakin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6899-3983
Christine ParkerMelbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1870-5706
Hope JohnsonSchool of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-5084
Fiona HainesSchool of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6845-3522
Monique BoatwrightSydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9574-7590
Tanita NorthcottSchool of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Phillip BakerSydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

University of Sydney Horizon Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) has a substantial influence over the structure and operation of food systems by setting international standards that affect the composition, structure and labelling of food. Despite the dual mandates of Codex to protect public health and ensure fair practices in food trade, food systems are increasingly unhealthy and unsustainable. An ecological reorientation of the decision-making elements that influence how Codex sets food standards-particularly mandates, governance and risk assessment-could help transform food systems towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Food SupplyFood LabelingFood SafetyHumansPublic HealthRisk AssessmentSustainable Development

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