On 6 October 2008 Hilary Benn announced the establishment of a new team of advisers on food policy from the farm to the fork. The Council of Food Policy Advisers will include expertise from every sector of our food system - from production to retail, and from regulation and distribution to consumption. It will advise government on food affordability, security of supply and the environmental impact of food production, and contribute to the drawing up of a policy for food security and supply which is expected to be published later this year.