30 Jun 2009

Carbon labels set for food products

GROCERY shoppers confused by product labels showing fat and sugar levels may soon face new labels revealing its greenhouse gas emissions.

Consumers will be able to compare, buy and reject products based on their greenhouse emissions as early as next year following the launch of a carbon footprint labelling scheme today.

Australia will be the third country, after Britain and the US, to get the foot-shaped Carbon Reduction Label, which is being billed as the greenhouse equivalent of a nutrition panel.
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