It’s confusing trying to buy Canadian with all the variations of made in, assembled in, grown in, packaged in, etc. Can we copy the Australian food labeling system, perhaps replacing the kangeroo with a maple leaf? I find this much clearer.
It’s confusing trying to buy Canadian with all the variations of made in, assembled in, grown in, packaged in, etc. Can we copy the Australian food labeling system, perhaps replacing the kangeroo with a maple leaf? I find this much clearer.
Europe needs this too! Cross posted to !buyeuropean@feddit.uk
We have this
Which is great, i agree, but not it’s really the same since they are mostly specialty processed foods rather than bulk everyday items. For example, I don’t care what region my olive oil comes from but I do want to be able to verify the origin which is not always disclosed. In honey for example, there it has to say wether it’s 100% from EU / mixed / 100% imported. Many ‘pure’ products mention this, and often the information is trustworthy. Same goes with fresh produce at least if it’s packaged. On the other hand, I recently wanted to get new walnuts and I know a lot of them come from California. Sometimes the packaging mentions this as a quality trait, but I noticed a lot of them do not mention any origin whatsoever.
I also buy a lot of generic processed food too, and there it barely ever says where the ingredients come from. Especially if it is a big mix. Take pasta sauce for example, I would find it helpful if packaging says x% of the ingredients come from the eu.