date:Apr 02, 2013
said it would involve too much red tape. He said customers should just ask the fish-and-chip shop owner.
Supermarkets and other shops are already required to have country-of-origin labels on uncooked seafood but only the Northern Territory requires a sign on cooked fish.
Federal Fisheries Minister Joe Ludwig accused the Coalition of having a plan to make consumers pay more for seafood.
Senator Boswell said seafood lovers are prepared to pay extra for Australian seafood and a sign would help