As a burned out hospo droid, I have a great deal of sympathy for artisan cheesemakers and other foody micro-producers with the new Food Bill before parliament. This yak on Nine to Noon's slot today has not eased my mind. The surreal ordeal of Biddy Fraser-Davies of Eketahuna, a hard cheese maker with a herd of three cows, has to be heard to be believed.
And now, here's Chef:
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Wow. Wilkinson is terrible there.
I can kinda buy an imperfect information argument for food regulation. But the policy implication is a labelling regime where folks who conform to national guidelines for their class of food production get to put on a "Certified Safe" sticker and other folks don't.
Lousy National Nanny government. Will have to remember to find a National supporter to kick in the shins.
I reckon the regulators should take a leaf out of the corporate sector and divide food producers into three groups; owner-operator, SME and corporate. Tilt the playing field at the small end to allow innovation (with the consumer aware of an unrated food producer), and balance the scales of economy that favour the incumbents.
I explained that terribly. Hopefully you see what I'm aiming at.
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