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Farming Today This Week

Charlotte Smith finds UK cheese made in Latvia and Lincolnshire sausages with German meat. She asks why 'buying British' is still such a confusing business for shoppers.

For shoppers who want to buy British food, the choice is not always straightforward. Items can be labelled British even if they've only had slight processing or packaging here but use foreign ingredients.

Charlotte Smith speaks to food producers who argue that many labels are misleading and that they are being disadvantaged as customers who think they're supporting British farmers aren't. She speaks to retailers and the government to find out what efforts are being made but why we still don't have a mandatory no-nonsense labelling system for 'country of origin'.

27 minutes

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Sat 28 Nov 2009 06:30

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  • Sat 28 Nov 2009 06:30

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