Australian Party MP Robbie Katter says pubs, clubs, fish and chip shops and restaurants don’t have to tell their customers if seafood they serve is imported, even though up to 70 per cent of it comes from overseas.
Mr Katter’s private member’s bill would make Queensland the second Australian jurisdiction to make venues serving seafood list the country of origin on their menus.
The MP said food retailers and supermarkets have had country of origin labels on seafood since 1986, and that became mandatory under commonwealth laws in 2016.
However, businesses preparing seafood for public consumption like pubs, clubs, fish and chip shops, restaurants and cafes have long been exempt from the code.
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He says at the moment diners don’t know where their seafood really comes from and they incorrectly assume it’s caught or produced in Australian waters.