Country of Origin Labelling Archive

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  A consumer challenge for the liberal party

  
  
  
  It’s interesting news that Heather Roy is being discussed as the likely Minister of Consumer Affairs.  You would expect Act, with its focus on properly functioning free markets and consumer rights, to have similar kinds of policies to the Greens in the area of consumer affairs – that is a strong focus on consumers right [...] read more
  November 13, 2008 9:33 am - 80 Comments
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  Finally, some support for Country of Origin Labelling

  
  
  
  I’ve just noticed on the Hand Mirror that at least one Labour Party candidate disagrees with his party’s policy on refusing people the right to know where their food comes from – Paul Chalmers from Whangarei: Question 10. Women do the vast majority of cooking and shopping, and increases in food prices are a burden borne [...] read more
  October 15, 2008 3:42 pm - 11 Comments
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  Knowing where your milk powder comes from

  
  
  
  Here’s some more from Question Time in the house yesterday.  The government has a longstanding position that Country of Origin Labelling on food is not a food safety issue and so it refuses to protect consumers’ right to know where their food comes from. That assertion that the safety of food has nothing to do [...] read more
  September 24, 2008 9:02 am - 5 Comments
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  Mandatory country of origin labelling

  
  
  
  Tomorrow I will present my 37 thousand signature petition calling for mandatory country of origin labelling of all fresh and single component food to the Health Select Committee. It’s hard to believe that both the Labour and National parties oppose something as basic as our right to know where our food comes from. We have country [...] read more
  July 29, 2008 3:20 pm - 40 Comments
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  Gareth Morgan on Food: Buyer Beware

  
  
  
  In this latest video from Sue Kedgley, Gareth Morgan speaks candidly about the risks associated with poorly labelled food imported from overseas. He talks about how production models in non-OECD countries differ from our own and that there are risks associated with assuming that our Food Safety Authority is equipped to deal with the differences. [...] read more
  May 23, 2008 10:48 am - 3 Comments
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  Food for Thought

  
  
  
  Green MP Sue Kedgley says “Let’s Go Shopping” and find out what’s in our food and where it’s from. Oh. They don’t have to tell us that stuff. What a surprise! Visit our Safe Food Campaign webpage for more information. read more
  May 2, 2008 4:23 pm - 45 Comments
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  “Made from imported and local ingredients”

  
  
  
  We import about 1.5 million tonnes of food every year from many different countries – including fresh foods such as fish, meat, fruit and vegetables. For example we import lettuces from Korea, pears from China, oranges from Thailand. All things we can, if we want, grow here. None of it has to be labelled for [...] read more
  December 6, 2007 5:05 pm - 52 Comments