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RKP5637

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10. As the US loves to outsource to other countries any conceivable thing, and import

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 10:06 AM

Nov 2013

all that can be ... it's going to be harder to find US made food items IMO. Already just for seafood it seems more and more limited for US products. I guess the other question is, does just knowing the country imply quality and safety. One definitely on my list would be not to buy from China.

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do people notice food labels? [View all] xchrom Nov 2013 OP

most ignore labels i'm sure, but i certainly scrutinize them! unblock Nov 2013 #1

I want an additional law that puts a giant label on foods that says: WARNING! MADE IN CHINA! onehandle Nov 2013 #2

I don't mind asia Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #3

Many of the the countries around China, buy base foods from them, and process them as their own. nt onehandle Nov 2013 #5

Yup! Cap'n Crunch is a fraud. longship Nov 2013 #4

And yet, I can easily buy beef in Japan Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #6

I doubt a large percentage can even read. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #7

Yep, they will need pictures on products of their stereotypical concepts of RKP5637 Nov 2013 #9

I do. I don't buy food made in China. And if it doesn't say where it's manufactured, I don't buy it. Brickbat Nov 2013 #8

As the US loves to outsource to other countries any conceivable thing, and import RKP5637 Nov 2013 #10

I've been reading labels for over 30 years. In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #11

I read labels. I want to know what I'm eating and the more info Arkansas Granny Nov 2013 #12