Food Origin Labeling Goes Into Effect, Aimed at Curtailing Contamination
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Starting on October 1, 2008, dozens of common foods found in local grocery stores will have stickers or other labels indicating the country where the food was grown. The move to include county-of-origin labeling on certain foods has been in the works for years and is meant to help consumers who want certain products -- Chilean grapes or California tomatoes, for example – while making it easier to track down the source of food-borne disease epidemics. The foods covered by the new regulation include raw beef, veal, lamb, pork, chicken, goat, wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish, fresh or frozen…Continue » Posted in