Fresh Food Must Now Be Labeled With Place Of Origin
Supermarkets must now show the consumer where the fresh food they buy originates. This is mainly because of recent contaminations – from melamine in China, E. coli in California, and salmonella in Mexico. “It’s vitally important to ensure that products coming in from other countries as well as ones growing here are quickly identified in an outbreak,” says Caroline Smith DeWaal, Director of Food and Safety Center for Science in the Public Interest. “The industry has fought labeling tooth and nail because if you have labeling, people could decide whether they wanted to eat this food or not,” says Michael Pollan, author of “In Defense of Food.” There are worries that though peppers from Mexico are safe now, as is spinach from California, consumers might not be interested in buying these foods from these locations.
One example of a problem with this system is that a head of lettuce must be labeled but a salad mix doesn’t. If producers don’t comply within six months they can be fined up to $1,000.
Do you think this will help the cause or do you think it’s going a step too far?
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- 10.06.08
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