enigma wrote:

> Blinky the Shark > wrote in
> news >
>> enigma wrote:
>>
>>> last Halloween someone posted that Just Born, Inc. was
>>> having Halloween Peeps manufactured in China. i emailed
>>> them to express my concern, since i won't knowingly buy
>>> food items from China (which means i pass up any produce
>>> not labeled with country of origin. i'm a 'scratch cook',
>>> so i avoid premade crap).
>>> Just Born CS replied promptly that only the individually
>>> wrapped Halloween treats were made in China, and that it
>>> was only because they were producing them as a test market
>>> & China could produce the molds faster & less expensively
>>> than they could, but that in no way would regular
>>> production be moving away from PA. ok. i can deal with
>>> that. my Peeps were safe.
>>
>> Can you? If they weren't considering importing them
>> regularly, why would they be doing that testing?
>
> they said that they would not be moving any production out of
> the US. if the individual wrapped Halloween Peeps sold well,
> they'd be bringing the molds here & making those in PA too.

Ah! Gotcha.

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