Submitted on Friday 31st March 2023
Rejected on Tuesday 4th April 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Oblige supermarkets to display fruit and vegetable import method (plane or ship)
Currently, food labelling must display the country (or place) of origin for fruit and vegetables, but not the transport method. If you can and should say where it came from, why not how it got here?
www.gov.uk/food-labelling-and-packaging/food-labelling-what-you-must-show
Transporting food by air emits around 50x as much greenhouse gases as transporting the same amount by sea. The relatively short shelf life of certain fruits and vegetables means they’re more prone to import by air; this can often be the one reason something isn’t eco-friendly. If practicable, displaying the transport method would better allow consumers to make informed environmental decisions in view of rapidly accelerating climate change.
https://ourworldindata.org/food-transport-by-mode
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