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- The Easter Show tirade has begun …There are some great new initiatives with producers telling their stories and they are doing corn on a stick to compete with all the horrors on sticks, but it's the "New Ag Bag” that got my back up. Everything, and I am talking EVERYTHING, is in a wrapper. Real Food Corn Thins, Instant No Fuss Batter, etc etc. An apple?? Nooooooo …
- As can be expected after recent events, much is being said about country of origin labels. The SMHpublished this article disseminating the ambiguous "weasel words" found on the back of your canned, frozen or otherwise processed fruit and veg. FYI ... "Made in Australia" means the product has to be "substantially transformed" in Australia and at least 50 per cent of the production costs incurred here. It doesn't mean the fruit or vegetable was grown in Australia. "Product of Australia" means that each significant ingredient originated in Australia. Or you could just save yourself the grief and go to Eveleigh.
- And, while all that is nice in principle, we all know it's not easy. This story from the Fin Rev looks at the difficulties (and extra costs) chefs face trying to incorporate premium Australian produce onto their menus. Nothing new, but thought you may like to read it ...