"Emma Thackery" > wrote in message
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>
> I was listening to a podcast of one of Lynne Rosetto Kasper's broadcasts
> from Italy. She mentioned that in Italy, all the food must be labeled
> with the location where the food was raised or caught and also the
> grade. Seems like we should be pressuring our legislators to require
> that in the US, especially the location of origin. It would probably be
> one heck of a battle, given the monetary influence of the US food lobby
> on Congress, but well worth the effort, no?
>
> Emma


Wegman's (my local chain) labels lots of stuff, especially fruits & berries
from South America, since many people (like me) know that other countries
may use some strange pesticides that are not used here. By "labels", I mean
that on the big price sign next to the plums, they hand write "From Chile",
or whatever. It's consistent from store to store. I suspect this began
because customers wanted it, although Wegman's is unusual and might've
dreamt it up because they're big on full disclosure.

I think you'd be better off getting your stores to provide the information,
especially since it involves virtually NO extra effort. They know where the
stuff comes from.

"Raised or caught" - now we're talking about meat & fish, right? With fish,
it doesn't matter much. There aren't many places in the ocean where the
water's pristine any more. If you saw "Caught in the Long Island Sound",
would you know what pollutants were in the fish? How about "Bay of Fundy"?
"Indian Ocean"?