Pinetree wrote:

>
> "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).

Then CONFIRM IT. You've been asked to back up what you've said, and
you're not really doing so.


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!



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