The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is contemplating plans to develop new food labeling laws to give consumers more accurate and easy-to-understand information about the products' place of origin.
This comes as the need to exchange information has increased due to increasing frauds in the food industry such as the horsemeat scandal.
Currently, UK-produced meat is labeled 'Born, Raised and Slaughtered in Britain', but government is now also considering the inclusion of the specific part where the meat was produced, reported The Independent.
Defra is also contemplating the labeling of dairy products such as cheese and butter with the information 'Made from British Milk'.
Commenting on the proposal, Defra Food Labeling head Stephen Pugh said: "We want to see voluntary labeling of dairy products."
Pugh said that alcoholic drinks should also carry similar nutritional information as non-alcoholic drinks.
"It's a public health issue. People are not aware of the number of calories they intake when they drink alcohol," Pugh added.
Image: Currently, UK-produced meat is labeled Born, Raised and Slaughtered in Britain, but government is now considering to mention which part of the UK the meat was produced. Photo: courtesy of Mister GC / freedigitalphotos.
