Have your say on government e-petitions

Support for Pig Farmers: Compulsory clear labeling of country of origin (not just slaughter) (COOL labelling)

Submitted on Thursday 26th July 2012

Published on Tuesday 31st July 2012

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 31st July 2013

Signatures: 164

Tagged with

British ~ UK

Petition Action

Support for Pig Farmers: Compulsory clear labeling of country of origin (not just slaughter) (COOL labelling)

Additional Information

Under current legislation pork and other pigmeat products labelled as "British" simply means the pig has been slaughtered in the UK. It does mean the pig has been reared in the UK.

This means the UK consumer that wishes to buy British and support British; either to support British farmers, to have the comfort of British standards are being fooled.

It also means British pig farmers that adhere to higher standards of animal welfare at extra cost, are not receiving the proper recognition for their products

In February 2012 UK introduced a voluntary COOL code for pork, a new country of origin labeling system to provide clear food information on food labeling. We want to see this made COMPULSORY for all pigmeat products sold in the UK, with absolute clear wording and definitions


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.215.77.96 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:04:14 +0000