Red meat, eggs and Australia’s favorite biscuit have been banned from Sydney council events under a new “cruelty free” food policy, a spokesman said last week.
“The first sign of this crazy policy came to my attention when the Tim Tams disappeared from the council meeting,” said councilor Shayne Mallard.
“When I made inquiries the staff said ‘oh no, we’ve taken Tim Tams out of council because the chocolate comes from the Ivory Coast where there’s child labor issues’,” he told AFP.
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Fish is still on the menu, Mallard said, but only fish considered “appropriate for catching and consumption”, while produce had to be grown in the Sydney area.
Mallard said he was told there were fears that the chocolate coated Tim Tams — Australia’s most popular biscuit — used cocoa from plantations using child labor.
“(Tim Tams producer) Arnott’s are saying that’s not the case,” he said.
(AFP)
澳洲雪梨市議會發言人上週表示，根據一項新的「非殘酷」食物政策，紅肉、蛋和澳洲人最喜歡的小餅乾都禁止出現在市議會各場合中。
市議員夏恩．梅樂德說：「我會開始注意這個瘋狂的政策，是因為議會會議上不見Tim Tam巧克力餅乾的蹤影。」
他對法新社說：「我詢問議會職員時，他們說：『噢，不，我們不再提供那種巧克力餅乾了，因為該品牌使用的巧克力來自象牙海岸，那裡有童工的問題』。」
梅樂德說，菜單上仍提供魚類，但僅限於「可以捕捉、食用」，且必須是在雪梨地區養殖的魚類。
梅樂德說，他聽說Tim Tam（澳洲最受歡迎的餅乾）的巧克力塗層所使用的可可粉可能來自童工農場。
他說：「Tim Tam的製造商Arnott’s表示那並非事實。」
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
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