Flower industry concerned about bloom imports and biosecurity fights for Australian-made labelling

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Written By Kate Jinnette

Source: ABC News

August 12, 2020.

“Australian flower industry, concerned with the number of imports and biosecurity risks, creates their own Australian-made label

  • Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has written to the Federal Industry Minister asking for country-of-origin labelling to be made compulsory for imported flowers

  • Growers hope the Australian-made label will give consumers more awareness and choice when buying flowers”

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