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Default Enforce Country of Origin Labeling Laws

Dee Dee wrote:

> As a result, Americans are buying billions of dollars of imported
> foods without knowing it, while cheap, bogus "USDA Organic" food from
> China is starting to appear on the shelves of Wal-Mart and other Big
> Box chains. In order to promote health and sustainability, and to save
> North American family farms, we need to restore our right to know
> where our food is coming from.
>
> "... we want Country of Origin labels for both conventional and
> organic food.."
>
> Dee Dee
>


If I saw a "USDA Organic" label I would think the food met the US
standards for "organic" food. I would never consider that to have
ANYthing to do with where the food was grown. Those are two different
issues to me.