Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights
@cefrohtug.bsky.social
The Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) is a non-profit organization that uses legal tools to promote food justice and adequate living in East Africa.
We are advocating for a simplified Nutrient Profiling Model framework that sets clear, evidence-based thresholds for front-of-pack warning labels.
This policy tool is to enhance the visibility of nutritional information, for consumers to easily identify products high in sugar, salt, or fat.
This policy tool is to enhance the visibility of nutritional information, for consumers to easily identify products high in sugar, salt, or fat.
May 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
We are advocating for a simplified Nutrient Profiling Model framework that sets clear, evidence-based thresholds for front-of-pack warning labels.
This policy tool is to enhance the visibility of nutritional information, for consumers to easily identify products high in sugar, salt, or fat.
This policy tool is to enhance the visibility of nutritional information, for consumers to easily identify products high in sugar, salt, or fat.
Mancozeb, a pesticide banned in the European Union in 2021 due to its links to thyroid cancer and reproductive harm, continues to be exported to countries like Uganda.
African governments must act decisively to protect their people by promoting and enforcing sustainable, safe farming practices.
African governments must act decisively to protect their people by promoting and enforcing sustainable, safe farming practices.
May 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Mancozeb, a pesticide banned in the European Union in 2021 due to its links to thyroid cancer and reproductive harm, continues to be exported to countries like Uganda.
African governments must act decisively to protect their people by promoting and enforcing sustainable, safe farming practices.
African governments must act decisively to protect their people by promoting and enforcing sustainable, safe farming practices.
On UBC TV, our Programs Associate, Martin, emphasized the urgent need for a Nutrient Profiling Model to empower consumers with clear and reliable information for healthier food choices.
The Time to Act is Now
#FrontofPackFoodLabelsUg
The Time to Act is Now
#FrontofPackFoodLabelsUg
May 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On UBC TV, our Programs Associate, Martin, emphasized the urgent need for a Nutrient Profiling Model to empower consumers with clear and reliable information for healthier food choices.
The Time to Act is Now
#FrontofPackFoodLabelsUg
The Time to Act is Now
#FrontofPackFoodLabelsUg
Despite being banned within the European Union due to their serious health and environmental hazards, pesticides such as Mancozeb, Paraquat, and Carbofuran continue to be legally exported to countries like Uganda.
Ban Hazardous pesticides in Uganda.
@dkabanda.bsky.social
Ban Hazardous pesticides in Uganda.
@dkabanda.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Despite being banned within the European Union due to their serious health and environmental hazards, pesticides such as Mancozeb, Paraquat, and Carbofuran continue to be legally exported to countries like Uganda.
Ban Hazardous pesticides in Uganda.
@dkabanda.bsky.social
Ban Hazardous pesticides in Uganda.
@dkabanda.bsky.social
Ugandans Need to Know: Our Diets Are Making Us Sick
Non-communicable diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, and heart disease are on the rise in Uganda caused by:
🥤 Sugary drinks
🍟 Ultra-processed foods
🥓 High salt, fat, and sugar content
🍬 Aggressive marketing to children
Non-communicable diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, and heart disease are on the rise in Uganda caused by:
🥤 Sugary drinks
🍟 Ultra-processed foods
🥓 High salt, fat, and sugar content
🍬 Aggressive marketing to children
April 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ugandans Need to Know: Our Diets Are Making Us Sick
Non-communicable diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, and heart disease are on the rise in Uganda caused by:
🥤 Sugary drinks
🍟 Ultra-processed foods
🥓 High salt, fat, and sugar content
🍬 Aggressive marketing to children
Non-communicable diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, and heart disease are on the rise in Uganda caused by:
🥤 Sugary drinks
🍟 Ultra-processed foods
🥓 High salt, fat, and sugar content
🍬 Aggressive marketing to children