"Pinetree" > wrote in message
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> "Dave Bugg" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Pinetree wrote:
>> > Did you all know that "Product of the U.S.A." or "Product of Canada"
>> > on your cans and plastic bags, could just mean that the can or
>> > plastic bag was made in the country; or that the contents were just
>> > "processed" in these countries.
>>
>> Really? Could you post the source for that info?
>> --
>> Dave
>> www.davebbq.com
>>
>> Confirmed by several major grocery stores' customer service (they really
> cannot lie to you), and also I am presently staying in Canada and saw the
> whole program on www.cbc.ca/marketplace two weeks ago. Some people have
> been
> trying to change this devious practice in the USA for twenty years (!!!) I
> just found out by 'phoning the USA, but of course the Governments really
> don't care. All of this can easily be confirmed by your government, or by
> the head office of your local grocery stores (just telephone the toll-free
> numbers on your cans and packages). You would have to give them the
> numbers
> of the bar codes on said items. (And of course, if the plastic bag
> actually
> says "grown and processed at such and such farms", then I suppose that's
> true. Otherwise, its well known it seems by everyone but us poor gullibles
> buying the products. I 'phoned Campbells also, and they assured me that
> they
> use North American produce and process their own -- nothing Chinese they
> say, so I believe them. But many, many others said their produce was from
> anywhere in the world. As I said, we are what we eat - but what exactly
> are
> we eating these days??? I suppose the motto is: you can fool most of the
> people all of the time!
>
I've oft wondered about the fact that people vacation in Mexico and say "I
never eat fresh produce there, THO."
Do they eat the produce here that says, "Product of Mexico."
JOKINGLY!, Or does it just mean that the cardboard box in which the produce
was packed, was the 'product of mexico"?
Dee Dee