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Career Guidance Skills management skills S4.1 - developing objectives and strategies S4.1.3 - developing operational policies and procedures Develop food policy
Description
Participate in the decision-making around production and processing techniques, marketing, availability, utilization and consumption of food, in the interest of meeting or furthering social objectives to influence the operation of the food and agriculture system. Food policymakers engage in activities such as regulation of food-related industries, establishing eligibility standards for food assistance programs for the poor, ensuring safety of the food supply, food labeling, and even the qualifications of a product to be considered organic.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 2 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Optional for
- Food safety specialistFood safety specialists organise processes and implement procedures to avoid problems with food safety. They comply with regulations. Includes people performing activities at the p…
- Food safety inspectorFood safety inspectors carry out inspections in food processing environments from a food safety standpoint. They are part of official control bodies who check and control food prod…
Related skills
- European food safety policy
- Food policy
- Ensure correct goods labelling
- Food legislation
- Infections in food
- Food homogenisation
- Analyse samples of food and beverages
- Maintain personal hygiene standards
- Apply HACCP
- Identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- Perform food safety checks
- Legislation about animal origin products
- Apply GMP
Last updated on February 18, 2026
