Carbon footprint labels in offing
The government is considering the introduction of carbon footprint labels for food and other daily products as early as next fiscal year as part of its efforts to fight global warming, officials said Monday. The labels would display the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the production, marketing and distribution of the items. Carbon footprint labels have already been attached to about 75 products sold in the British market and there is growing interest in the system from other industrialized countries, including Japan, the officials said.