Cooking for bureaucrats - Institute of Economic Affairs

IEA Discussion Paper No. 98

COOKING FOR BUREAUCRATS

Why the policy of food reformulation is hard to stomach

Josie Appleton August 2019

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Contents

About the author

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Summary

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Introduction

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Reformulation: cooking for bureaucrats

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The perverse effects of reformulation

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Interest groups and the drivers of reform

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Conclusion: against reformulation, for choice

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References

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About the author

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Josie Appleton Josie Appleton is director of the Manifesto Club civil liberties group, and author of Officious - Rise of the Busybody State. Over the past decade she has specialised in research and campaigning on the hyper-regulation of everyday life, authoring dozens of reports on issues ranging from leafleting bans to the regulation of public spaces. Before this she studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, followed by an MA in politics and a time as a political journalist.

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