Comments on: UK Food Labelling Requires Change In Legislation

By: food hampers

food hampers — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:11:51 +0000

just want to add about the importance of truth in advertising aside from the correct labeling, and more. We need this in order to shun any untoward circumstance.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:20:33 +0000

Hi Asda, I shall be posting more about this topic very soon and including website links for further information.

By: Asda

Asda — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:07:13 +0000

I am looking at getting more information about this, please, where are the best resources available? Thank you.

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:15:38 +0000

That is the issue though Roy, for most people they just want to get in and out of a supermarket as quickly as possible, so they grab a pork pie that says British on .. anyone would assume it’s made from British reared pork but in fact the label is misleading to say the least. The pork may have been reared and even slaughtered outside the UK but the pork pie was ‘produced’ in the UK. It’s this type of labelling I have such an issue with … then of course we have to find a way to get the average shopper to care about anything but price.

By: Roy Norris

Roy Norris — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:52:40 +0000

Hi Sally Certain supermarkets use specific British farmers and they plaster their names all over the shop (so to speak). It doesn't take much research to find out that its British produce if only people bothered. Its all a matter of selection. As an aside, we would not buy milk from a certain Supermarket as they more than most were 'screwing' the dairy farmers (am I allowed to say that) to the point where they were making a loss all the time. Of course, I know there are some doubtful labelling on some products in some shops/supermarkets. Roy Norris’s last blog post..Shires Return

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:07:45 +0000

Hi Roy

That really is the issue though Roy, many people think they are buying British when in fact, due to labeling, they are not.

I really don’t think British farmers could produce all of our food needs, we currently only produce 5% of the fruit we consume in the UK but certainly but certainly we should be buying British before even thinking of importing.

Excellent point about complaining after the farming industry is gone .. I have watched it for years with campaigns to save village shops and yet when you ask the campaigners if they do their weekly shop in the big supermarkets they all look rather flustered. Put your money where your mouth is I reckon.

Please tell your friends about Sallypedia lol

By: Roy Norris

Roy Norris — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:50:22 +0000

Here! Here! Sally B. My concern is that a lot of people in this Country just don't seem to care where the food comes from and most the time don't know how it is produced anyway. We could if we supported the buying British, keep up food production to the point where we were self sufficient. Unfortunately we seem to be going the other way. We could also place better control on how it was produced. Yes it may occasionally cost a little more at the moment, but this would get cheaper if British Farming produced all our needs and I dont except the argument that they couldn't. When I was a lad in darkest Somerset (that was a few years ago!) we would have eaten everything that was British because that's all there was anyway and methods are able to produce so much more now. If the day ever came when our Farmers went out of business because they couldn't earn a decent living and food became short abroad, then all these people would soon become very interested and start complaining that nothing was done to prevent us getting to that stage. (I'll shut up now.) BTW you have heard of Wikipedia, I think you should rename this site Sallypedia as there is always so much good information available. {:) Roy Norris’s last blog post..Shires Return