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<blockquote data-quote="Old Boar" data-source="post: 7399561" data-attributes="member: 2957"><p>Most farmers markets are fairly strictly run. A good FM organiser visits the farm, sees the animals/crops etc, and there is a fair bit of paperwork with the EHO, weights and measures etc. I could be visited any time by a range of people. They used to love turning up in the middle of the Christmas rush, when you could not see me for piles of sausages.</p><p></p><p>An honest stallholder will have pictures of his produce being grown/produced, so if in doubt ask if you can see pics.</p><p></p><p>Food festivals on the other hand are a free for all. There is no legal definition of "local" so people selling olives, oranges etc turned up. People saw the queues at my stall, and suddenly there were multiple people selling Wild Boar, none of whom had any Boar. They did not last long after someone visited them and found one old pink sow on the place.</p><p></p><p>Labelling is a legal minefield. It can be labelled UK if the last major thing that happened to goods took place in the UK, so, for example, whole pig carcasses cut in the UK are legally allowed to label UK. This has to change so we can be sure that if we are buying British, it is British.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Boar, post: 7399561, member: 2957"] Most farmers markets are fairly strictly run. A good FM organiser visits the farm, sees the animals/crops etc, and there is a fair bit of paperwork with the EHO, weights and measures etc. I could be visited any time by a range of people. They used to love turning up in the middle of the Christmas rush, when you could not see me for piles of sausages. An honest stallholder will have pictures of his produce being grown/produced, so if in doubt ask if you can see pics. Food festivals on the other hand are a free for all. There is no legal definition of "local" so people selling olives, oranges etc turned up. People saw the queues at my stall, and suddenly there were multiple people selling Wild Boar, none of whom had any Boar. They did not last long after someone visited them and found one old pink sow on the place. Labelling is a legal minefield. It can be labelled UK if the last major thing that happened to goods took place in the UK, so, for example, whole pig carcasses cut in the UK are legally allowed to label UK. This has to change so we can be sure that if we are buying British, it is British. [/QUOTE]
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