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More food products to carry country of origin labels but better rules needed

The Australian Made, Australian Grown Campaign (AMAG) welcomes the Federal Government's move to improve country of origin labelling (CoOL) for food products but believes it doesn't go far enough.   The government, in its response to the Blewett Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy, has agreed with the Review's recommendation that Australia's existing CoOL requirements for food be extended to cover all primary food products for retail sale.   At present, pork, seafood and fresh fruit and vegetables must be labelled with their countr...