Provenance from Producer to Plate
A toolkit for origin declarations on menus
The Scottish Government has developed a national food and drink policy to help effect a more joined up approach to food in Scotland, covering every part of the food chain from land and sea to plate.
The vision of this food policy is for a Scotland where:
- Consumers are better informed about where their food comes from
- Responsible behaviour is encouraged throughout the supply chain
- Local communities flourish from links between producers and consumers
- Greater co-operation and collaboration ensures long term viability of the food and drink industry
- Changed individual behaviour and attitudes towards diet and food choices delivers health and wealth benefits
Caterers clearly have a key role to play in this process. As direct providers of food and drink to local and international consumers and visitors, the potential for food service providers to deliver change is significant.
The toolkit aims to clarify legal requirements and best practice guidelines for food and drink origin declarations on menus, to help you to provide clear, accurate and consistent information to consumers when eating out. This will encourage them to make informed choices about what they eat.
We hope you will embrace this opportunity to provide your customers with useful information about the provenance of their food, from producer to plate. In doing so you will be playing a key role, in partnership with the food and drink industry to improve Scotland’s reputation as a land of food and drink.
