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28. "Packaged In" and "Distributed by"....Code words of Deception in our Food Products...

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 10:04 PM

Mar 2014

and they are going to work to get rid of those labels bit by bit..as we go along.

We have to be aware. I've had your same experience. I start to feel I'm weird reading labels in crowded grocery aisles where there are folks who look at me like the "crazy" ...but, I darned well want to know where the products are coming from

I bought a bag of "Diamond Brand" Pecans...around Holidays and figured I was safe....Pecans are a product of Southern USA ....and same thing you saw. "Packaged in USA...product of China." Yes....China grows Pecans! They were Not certified Organic but "Whole Foods" sells frozen veggies and other products "Certified Organic" but READ LABEL...CHINA ORIGIN.

Who would have known???. Chinese Pecans? Maybe they are safer than the Southern USA Grown..and not grown near Bejing with the pollution but in some untainted remote part of China. But...given their huge population why are their own populations not making use of this product instead of exporting it to USA. Don't they already EXPORT ENOUGH to Us over Here? We have to send our Computer Waste back to them in the empty Shipping Containers....yet they are not only sending us Back Computers, Clothing, Housewares, Appliances, Fabric, Craft Goods, Shoes but now FOOD PRODUCTS?

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Birds Eye "C&W", for "California & Washington" frozen mixed vegetables: "Product of China". [View all] NYC_SKP Mar 2014 OP

interesting Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #1

Hey - at least they put that information on the label - look at this - djean111 Mar 2014 #2

Would "Product of Mexico" make you feel better? or "Product of Chile"? brooklynite Mar 2014 #3

Actually, it would n2doc Mar 2014 #4

Yup. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #5

Frozen veggies are fresh? n/t Texasgal Mar 2014 #6

Yes, I would. For several reasons: NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #9

+1 thanks Hekate Mar 2014 #35

How is a frozen product 'fresh veggies'? Why does it say Washington and California? Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #10

Package was MisLabled and "Fresh Frozen" means Fresh and not Trucked over the USA or from KoKo Mar 2014 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #7

Not to worry PeoViejo Mar 2014 #8

Who grows vegetables in compost? roody Mar 2014 #11

The Chinese PeoViejo Mar 2014 #13

Plain raw sewage would burn plants. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #14

I checked my Birdseye/CW frozen chopped spinach: Product of USA. TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #12

It's seasonal rotation...one has to check every damned label these days because the KoKo Mar 2014 #20

If you go to "Whole Foods" be sure to check their brand Frozen Veggies.... KoKo Mar 2014 #15

Cloned animals would still need a venous system to grow big enough to eat REP Mar 2014 #16

They don't have Veins and Blood...Let me tell you...I've been cooking chicken since KoKo Mar 2014 #17

That's not cloned REP Mar 2014 #18

Bred for White Meat only and the stuff is weird....too uniform in texture...the second day KoKo Mar 2014 #19

You keep using that word. Codeine Mar 2014 #21

Cloned/Manipulated...Bred for White Meat Only......Whatever you choose... KoKo Mar 2014 #24

cloning =/= breeding Lancero Mar 2014 #38

Sometimes I see oranges at my Safeway that are from South Africa. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2014 #23

We've had a history in America of FRUIT from other Countries..which we accept KoKo Mar 2014 #25

I want to know! Scary stuff. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2014 #37

I was looking at a kitchen knife at Kitchen Collection doc03 Mar 2014 #26

Where I am, this is a huge problem in some stores laundry_queen Mar 2014 #27

"Packaged In" and "Distributed by"....Code words of Deception in our Food Products... KoKo Mar 2014 #28

I feel the way you do laundry_queen Mar 2014 #29

"Packaged in USA" is what I hate the most tandot Mar 2014 #31

I usually religiously check everything I buy for land of origin tandot Mar 2014 #30

CSA's Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #32

I get what I can from farmers markets, etc., NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #33

How funny! Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #34

On the other hand, I often eat "Chinese Food" from a restaurant that cooks it right there in the Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #36