"<RJ>" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:31:35 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> >
> wrote:
>
>>"Sharon V" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>
>>>> From China? You throw the contents away and recycle the bottle. I'm
>>>> not
>>>> kidding.
>>> Speaking about China, for the past month, I've been going to Trader
>>> Joe's
>>> and looking for their bags of frozen broccoli, which I used to buy
>>> regularly, but they haven't had it. I finally asked them about it the
>>> other day and was told that they are no longer carrying any products
>>> that
>>> come from China, so they are currently looking for a new supplier for
>>> their frozen broccoli.
>>
>>
>>Gee....I wonder where stores got it from before China got into the
>>business.
>>
>
> I'm getting leery about most food products.
>
> On a gift box of mixed nuts/snacks, the label reads;
>
> "Distributed by CVS"
>
> Where they were grown/produced/packed.... who knows ??


Write to them and ask. Include the UPC code information.

Most store brand products are NOT made by the store which sells them. They
say "distributed by" {store name}. Is this the first time you've noticed
those words on a store brand product? It's only been going on since the
1950s.