Country of origin food labelling bill 'gutted' by select committee, author says

Country of origin food labelling bill 'gutted' by select committee, author says
Sophie Boot
By Sophie Boot July 16 (BusinessDesk) - The architect of a bill designed to impose mandatory country of origin labelling on food says he's disappointed with how the bill has been "gutted" by the select committee considering it. Former Green MP Steffan Browning had his Consumers' Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill drawn from the members' ballot in December 2016, but retired last year after two terms in Parliament. The Green Party campaigned on the issue for years, with former MP Sue Kedgley presenting a petition calling for man...