date:May 21, 2013
The proposal by the Australian Greens Party to make amendments to Australian Country of Origin (COO) labelling laws has been met with mixed reactions by the food industry.
The legislation from the Greens would simplify COO labelling to three claims: Product of or Grown in Australia, Manufactured in Australia, and Packaged in Australia.
Australian vegetable and potato growers representative body AusVeg said it is backing the Bill, which was introduced into the Senate on 16 May 2013 by Greens le