Jurisprudential Interpretation and Institutional Expression of Nutrition Legislation from the Perspective of the Greater Food Approach

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has continuously deepened the interpretation of the Greater Food approach, which has provided macro-guidance for building a diversified food supply and consumption system. To practice this concept, implement the Healthy China strategy, and advance national nutrition improvement, a sound legal system is needed to provide guidance and support. By sorting out nutrition legislation in China and drawing on other countries’ experience in nutrition legislation, this review concludes that the conditions have been ripe for enacting specialized legislation in the field of nutrition. In terms of institutional expression, nutrition legislation should serve as a supplement and improvement to the Food Safety Law, positioned at a higher level than the Administrative Measures for Nutrition Improvement Work. Its content should include strengthening nutrition security and interventions for specific populations, establishing a system and mechanism for national nutrition improvement work, building a market supervision framework and governance rules, attaching importance to food and nutrition education, and strengthening nutrition promotion efforts.