Nutritional guidelines, standards essential Healthy eating needs to be placed on the front burner. - THE EDITOR: In a Sunday Newsday commentary, тАЬTTтАЩs unstated food policyтАЭ (March 28), Marina Salandy-Brown drew attention to several important matters including food security, strengthening the agricultural sector, the issue of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the need for well-publicised national nutritional guidelines and standards. My concern here is about the writerтАЩs call for nutritional guidelines and standards which she discussed in the context of reducing foreign food imports, stimulating agricultural production, addressing the prevalence of NCDs, and having a healthier population. Interestingly, the approach recommended was a national one requiring the collaboration of several government ministries.