Trader Joe’s To Stop Selling Product Of China
Posted by Edward Noon in China, Food Products, General TradingIt appears that Trader Joe’s has made the decision to stop selling any food items that say “Product of China”. What this means is that any food products packaged in China will no longer be sold in Trader Joe’s stores. The start date is supposedly January 1, 2008.
However from what I am hearing they will still allow Chinese ingredients repacked in the USA or other country. The key is if the value added is greater than the China ingredient it can take on a different origin. For example if packed in the USA and one ingredient is of Chinese origin but the balance is of USA then it can bear the “Product of USA” on the package.
What is the point? Will they advertise that they don’t carry and food made in China? While some vegetable blends may still have Chinese ingredients. Do they believe that the consumer is naive? Do they take us for fools? Why the deception?
If the consumer doesn’t want product of China then I would assume they also don’t want it in a blend that doesn’t have to state that some small percentage is from China.
The way I see it is either you’re pregnant or you’re not, their is no in between.
 (As an importer of Chinese vegetables we only work with reputable factories and don’t have any problems with our vegetable sourcing.)
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