"Live it, Use it" Nutrition Labelling Fun Shopping Award Scheme 2012-2013
Live it, Use it: Use Nutrition Labels
Hong Kong has implemented nutrition labelling regulatory control since July 2010. To help members of the public to better use the nutrition information on food labels for making food choices, preventing diseases and staying healthy, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS), together with relevant government departments, health professional bodies and social welfare sector, has been developing a series of promotional initiatives.
The Award Scheme
Aim
To reach out to the public via community organisations in promoting the use of nutrition labels through community activities.
Target
The Award Scheme consists of two components:
| Organisation Participation | Staff members, group leaders and volunteers of the community service organisations are invited to participate in promoting the use of nutrition labels through organisation ' s activities; |
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| Individual Participation: | Public individual can join the Award Scheme via the participating community service organisations |
Requirements
Organisation Participation:
- Organisation Participants can promote nutrition labelling in one or more of the following ways:
- Assist service users to enrol in the nutrition labelling promotional activities organised by the CFS (e.g. roving exhibition or public talks, etc); and/or
- Provide nutrition labelling promotional resource materials in the organisation; and/or
- Organise nutrition labelling promotional activities in the organisation
- Compile an activity summary and compete for the Organisation Award;If necessary,
- Assist your service users to enrol in the Award Scheme as Individual Participants;
- Submit the completed shopping diaries of your service users to the CFS. Each organisation can submit a maximum of 20 shopping diaries.
Individual Participation:
- Ask your community service organisation if they are Organisation Participants of the Award Scheme, if not, find out any other organisation that has signed up for the Scheme from the CFS;
- Register at the relevant organisation as Individual Participant of the Award Scheme;
- Participate in the nutrition labelling promotional activities;
- Submit the shopping diary via the organisation and compete for Individual Award.
Awards
- Individual Participant who has submitted duly completed shopping diary will be awarded with supermarket voucher ;
- Organisation and Individual Award winners will also receive trophy and supermarket vouchers for recognition;
- All Organisation and Individual Participants who have completed the returns will be awarded appreciation certificates;
- All Organisation and Individual Participants will be eligible to attend a sharing session cum award presentation ceremony to be held in July 2013.
Enrolment
For staff members, group leaders and volunteers of the community service organizations, please fill in the application form below.
If you prefer to enrol as Individual Participant, please check out with your organisation about its participation for the Award Scheme or contact us for the eligible organisation.
- Enrolment period:
First round of intake from 7 November 2012 to 31 December 2012 Second round of intake till 31 January 2013 - Report, list of nominees and shopping diary submission to CFS: By 17 May 2013
Further Information or Enquiries
Ms. Chan of Risk Communication Section of CFS on 3962 2066
Organisers
Organiser : The Centre for Food Safety
Supporting Organisation: The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
The Task Force of Nutrition Labelling Education fully supports and facilitates the implementation of the Award Scheme.
Seminar on "Three-step Guide to Use Nutrition Labels" cum Briefing Session on "Live it, Use it" Nutrition Labelling Fun Shopping Award Scheme 2012/13
Enrolment Form and Guidance Notes for Organisation Participants