Dairy UK asks for tougher origin labelling for cheese

At a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cheese recently, British trade association Dairy UK argued that the current regulatory situation allows some cheese manufacturers to mislead consumers about the origins of their products. Jim Begg, Dairy UK director general, notes, “At present, a product such as cheddar cheese might be labelled with the name and address of a UK seller, carry a UK identification mark because it is cut and wrapped in the UK, and yet have been produced in another member state, with no indication on the label to this effect.”
Begg adds: “We’re looking for a simple solution to resolve this issue. You don’t need a sledgehammer to crack a nut. But we do think that a mandatory element is necessary to be effective.”