Role of Government and the Food Industry in Food Policy, Production and Consumption

Identify and describe the role of government and the food industry in the development and implementation of food policy, production, distribution and consumption.Recall and explain food composition, processing and packaging methods.Identify and interpret the factors affecting the preservation of food including food microbiology,food risks and additives.By examining the literature, describe and justify contemporary developments in food production and discuss their impact on consumption.

This assessment is aimed at developing the student’s understanding of food security and policies surrounding food production. Presenting this information in the form of a persuasive essay allows students to explore topics which are potentially controversial and develop their own ideas based on the evidence researched. By prescribing this assessment, students are able to develop their skills to argue and defend a topic in a professional forum. This assessment allows students to further advance their skills in sourcing and identifying reliable and credible references, which they will embed into their written work.

Using your essay plan from Part A, write a 1000-word persuasive essay presenting three key arguments either for OR against one of the questions below. Support these ideas with reliable evidence from your readings and research. Choose one of the following questions to address in your essay:

- Are biodynamic farming practices better for food security than conventional farming?

- Should a junk food tax be introduced in Australia?

- Is food fortification positive for the health of Australians?

- Should the Health Star Rating front-of-pack labelling be mandatory for all packaged food in Australia?

-Information may be sourced from primary, secondary and tertiary sources:

- Primary sources: original research articles, systematic reviews and meta-analysis from high quality journals, peer reviewed journals.

- Secondary sources: general review articles, summaries, abstracts of primary source articles.

- Tertiary sources: recognised, authoritative textbooks.

Apply appropriate reference standards (in-text citations and a reference list) throughout the document in line with the APA referencing system.

In order to write an effective persuasive essay, it is important that your ideas are communicated clearly, concisely and are supported with reliable evidence. Not only is the structure of your essay important, but also consider the language that you use. As you are trying to convince your audience to agree with your point of view, you want to use persuasive language which leaves little doubt in your reader’s mind. Below is a basic outline of how you would structure your essay:

• Provide background information about the topic.

• Briefly discuss the issue (what is it about the topic that is being debated).

• State your stance. Be clear in where you stand within this issue (are you for or against).

• Briefly outline your key ideas.

• Introduce your first argument and explain its relevance to your stance on your chosen topic.

• Provide evidence to support your point of view.

• Conclude this argument and link to the next paragraph.

• Introduce your second argument and explain its relevance to your stance on your chosen topic.

• Provide evidence to support your point of view.

• Conclude this argument and link to the next paragraph.

• Introduce your third argument and explain its relevance to your stance on your chosen topic.

• Provide evidence to support your point of view.

• Conclude this argument and link to next paragraph.

• Briefly discuss conflicting opinions on this point of view and refute these opinions with evidence. Conclusion:

• Synthesis of ideas.

• Do not include any new information.