On 09/11/2014 11:41 AM, dalep wrote:

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> The proposition was poorly written and had requirements that were too restrictive.
I am all in favor of food labeling, but the law must make sense and be
something that
can actually be carried out.
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> My current complaint is when I opened a bag of Birds Eye frozen veg and noticed
the small print that it was a product of China. WHAT?! Now I notice
that many
frozen foods are not listing any country of origin. Most items at TJs
don't seem
to be labeled.
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> DaleP
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Country of origin is *very* important. Lots of frozen fish is labelled
"Product of China" but in many cases it is our good ol' US and Canadian
companies taking our fish to China for processing, thus depriving our
fish-plant workers of employment.
There is a well known "maker" of fruit juices in the Okanagan Valley, a
major fruit growing area, that uses concentrates from China to make
those little juice packs that are present in so many schoolkids' lunch
boxes. One assumes that the product is Canadian or USian but the only
local ingredient is the water.
Graham