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Government pledges to increase transparency in food labelling

Proposals to standardise and simplify packaging information so food produced to the highest standards is consistently labelled

Rachael Brown
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Government pledges to increase transparency in food labelling

Defra Secretary Steve Barclay will today (4 January) announce measures to improve transparency in food labelling to ensure high-quality British food stands out from the crowd. The plans, to be announced...

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