Queensland MP for Traeger Robbie Katter says labelling seafood is a "fair thing to do customers"The federal government has indicated it wants to implement country-of-origin labelling at a national level
Mr Katter told ABC Radio Brisbane labelling the origin of seafood was a "fair thing to do for customers". "And, you know, strangely, the federal government passed laws that … if you go to the supermarket, you have to have country of origin labelling, but they didn't extend it, unfortunately, [to] hospitality.
Mr Katter said telling customers seafood was imported could be as simple as putting an "I" to signal imported on menus in the same way "GF" was used to label gluten-free items.The Northern Territory is the only Australian jurisdiction to require dining venues to label seafood that is imported or with its country of origin.
Absolutely !
All seafood should be checked for plastic and fossil fuel content as well.
Yes
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Yes
Fuckin probably?
Absolutely. If they do not want to, it probably is not Australian seafood. I would avoid those restaurants like the plague.
YES
Maybe they should stop serving battered dildo and chips first
All potatoes originally come from South America
Absolutely. If they are claiming fresh seafood, it needs to be local.
Absolutely
Origin labelling should have been law for 20 years.also toxic canola can't just be as 'vegetable oil'either.same for rainforest palm oil.
Yes
fish of origin, state vs state, plate vs plate
Yes
Of bloody course!
Absolutely- let’s look at supporting AU industries and cutting down on food miles, risk where we can. There’s nothing wrong with informed choice.
I might trust providers cooking fish and start eating fish again if they declared the origin.
Yes
Yeah, So who's going to police all the cowboy fish& chip shops passing off cheap frozen as as fresh top $ oz caught product ?
Yes, why not?
Weather it’s seafood, meat, fresh produce most of the best stuff in the world comes from anywhere but Australia
Yes.
All food for human consumption should have country of origin information available.
No brainer
All restaurants should.
YES
Every restaurant in the country should declare the origin of fish they serve not only Queensland.
yes
I thought they did
All restaurants should declare where their seafood is caught, just like supermarkets do.
This issue should include processing i.e caught in Australian waters and processed in Australia. Not caught in Australian waters, sent offshore where batted, lightly fried, then snap frozen and shipped back to Australia to be called Australian 'origin'. It's a scam.
That would be interesting 😂
Yes seafood origin should always be declared.
most Of the fish from Europe and Asia are full of chemicals
Why not go further and have state of origin for fish. Would Queenslanders eat filthy NSW flake? Much better to have tighter controls that ensure the fish you are paying for is actually what you are getting.
So my fish originate in Australia who swim to Thailand before I can catch them.
Well the Seas and Oceans are 'International Zones' to be shared by all nations thus not really a country to declare.
That’s just unAustralian