Backlash as 'eco label' gives all meat same sustainability score

Industry has hit out at a new ‘eco label’ designed by academics at Oxford University, warning it treats meat produced in different systems in the same way.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Backlash as 'eco label' gives all meat same sustainability score

Industry has hit out at a new ‘eco label’ designed by academics at Oxford University, warning it treats meat produced in different systems in the same way. The label study calculated a standardised...

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