Shoppers, farmers and animals all need clearer food labelling

Replacing “use by” labels with “best before” labels where possible could help reduce food waste in Estonia, ERR reported. A study commissioned by the Ministry of Climate found that 139,000 tonnes of food waste was generated in the country last year, with households responsible for the largest sha…

Two transparency groups are taking the European Commission to court for refusing to release documents on a shelved plan for an EU-wide nutrition label. #EuropeNews

We are in a time when a handful of marginal seats receive 80% of discretionary dollars, corporations are more important than people, the Federal Government fights any attempts for greater transparency or to be held to account for their corruption, whistleblowers are prosecuted, and we have enough money for questionable war toys but not to keep people out of poverty. How far has Australia fallen? We need to restore what we have lost and go much further to achieve a just society.

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Paul & Carl criticise supermarket and food-industry labelling as cynical and shameful, describing tactics like hiding product descriptions in cooking instructions and manipulating labelling laws to mislead consumers, especially around processed foods and ready meals.  They compare past openly “junk” foods with today’s products marketed as wholesome, arguing shoppers are now targeted with more cunning marketing, such as simply adding the word “protein.”  Paul speaker recalls studying food production and being shocked even then, and contrasts earlier decades of home growing, preserving, and local independent shops with the rise and power of supermarkets.  They advocate buying from local markets where you can see what’s produced, speak to producers, and support high-quality items like cheeses, stressing that it may not cost more and urging “use it or lose it” to preserve local food sources. 00:00 Supermarket Labelling Rant 00:33 Hidden Ingredients Tricks 00:57 Why It Got Worse 01:41 Shop Local Market 02:25 Listener Messages and Additives 03:10 Wholesome Marketing Myth 03:25 War Era Frugality Roots 04:39 From Village Shops to Supermarkets 05:20 Power and Processing Problems 06:13 Use It or Lose It

M&S is urging ministers to simplify fibre health claims as new figures highlight the UK’s fibre gap and confusion over how to close it.

Estonian retail chains have taken differing positions on plans to introduce colour-coded Nutri-Score labels on food packaging, ERR reports. Selver opposes the system, while Rimi and Coop say its need should first be assessed more thoroughly. Lidl Estonia already uses colour labels on its private-…