英国政府が食品のローカル表示を推進:地産地消の10マイル表示

 やや古いニュースになるが、米国政府の「地産地消推進プロジェクト」に関する記事になる。英国人も、食品表示に関して国産を愛好している。ならば、パッケージに「国産ラベル」をもっと使用しましょうとの主張である。テスコが「10マイル表示」をはじめている。



 原文を引用する。フードマガジンの2015年2月号からの引用になる。

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”UK Govt pushes for more local food labelling”

The UK government is calling on food producers and shops to give more information on labels about where in Britain their food comes from. This follows new research shows that almost 80% of people in the UK see buying local food as a top priority.

The new research highlights that vegetables (51%) and meat (40%) topped the list of products that people would buy if a local option was available, demonstrating the potential to grow the UK meat and vegetable industry, worth £10.5 billion in 2014.

Speaking as British Food Fortnight launches this weekend, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said local food labelling would help consumers take pride in buying British produce and support the growing rural economy.

Food retailers and producers are already embracing the growing demand for local food, with supermarket Tesco developing a unique tool that allows online shoppers to search for products sourced within 10 miles of their local area.

Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said, “Today’s figures highlight the enthusiasm of British consumers for our astonishing variety of local produce which helps grow our £100bn food and farming industry even further.”

17:08 – Fri 02/10/2015 Bron: New Food Magazine