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stephanie
01-06-2010, 10:11 AM
Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, said in future people will have to eat less “carbon intensive” foods like red meat or excessively packaged products to make sure Britain meets targets to cut greenhouse gases.
To help consumers do this, new “green” food labels will show how much carbon was produced in the manufacture and transportation of food.

The Carbon Trust - working for change: Refreshing the carbon agendaTesco, PepsiCo and other leading brands are already displaying a “carbon reduction label” on certain products showing the amount of carbon dioxide produced in grams in growing the food, packaging and transportation.

As part of a new food strategy for the next 20 years, the Government calls on other brands to consider measuring the carbon footprint of goods as well as being more honest about where meat was bred and the standards of welfare.

But environmental groups said the Government needed to bring in legislation rather than a voluntary labelling scheme to really transform food and farming.

Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, Mr Benn said choosing low carbon goods will help people fight climate change.

“Over the years ahead we are likely to see more information about how things are produced and what the carbon impact is,” he said.

read it all here..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6936658/Food-labels-to-show-carbon-footprint-under-Government-plans.html

MtnBiker
01-06-2010, 10:24 AM
This is an interesting statement;


Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, said in future people will have to eat less “carbon intensive” foods like red meat or excessively packaged products to make sure Britain meets targets to cut greenhouse gases.

Wow, yeah for freedom. The government telling people what to eat.

stephanie
01-06-2010, 10:39 AM
Exactly why some people say the the new Green is the old Red..

Mr. P
01-06-2010, 10:58 AM
This is an interesting statement;



Wow, yeah for freedom. The government telling people what to eat.

And restaurants how to cook. Who was it a few years ago, NYC, I think that banned the use of Trans fat. Let Freedom RING!

MtnBiker
01-06-2010, 11:04 AM
And restaurants how to cook. Who was it a few years ago, NYC, I think that banned the use of Trans fat. Let Freedom RING!

Yup, NYC banned the use of Trans Fats, makes you wonder how many restaurants(especially the asian and mexican restaurants) switched from hydrogenated shortening for their fyers to lard. Both are about half the cost as a trans fat free frying oil.