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    Australia requires restaurants to showcase the country of origin of seafood on their menus

    • Last Update: 2022-11-04
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Under the latest requirements, restaurants, cafes and takeaways across Australia will soon have to label their menus with the source of seafood to help consumers make the right purchase decisions
    .
     
    Since 2018, Australia has required seafood to be labelled
    with the country of origin.
    The latest directive extends this requirement to the food service sector
    .
     
    Veronica Papacosta, chief executive of Australian Seafood Industry, said: "What we want to see is Australian seafood on the menu, it's as simple as
    that.
     
    For imported seafood, she said, just a simple "i" to indicate that it is imported, but there is a footnote on the menu that means "I" means imported
    .
     
    "For the most part, we hear that consumers struggle to support the industry when eating out because they simply can't tell which seafood is Australian.

    With 66 per cent of Australia's seafood consumption imported, providing consumers with such information clearly in food service is essential to keep their supply chains transparent and selective," she said
    .
     
    On Monday, the Australian government allocated A$1.
    6 million ($1 million) for the labelling directive
    for the 2022-23 period.
     
    The country produces only 2%
    of the global harvest of farmed Atlantic salmon.
    About 70 per cent of its production, or about $412 million, is consumed
    locally.
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