Do you know where your frozen vegetables come from?Â
If product is packaged in a specific country and imported it will have the country of origin on the label. However if the vegetable is imported as an ingredient in bulk form and repackaged here in the states with other items it will most likely become product of USA. What this mean to you and I the consumer is we don’t have any way of knowing what we are eating or from what country.
Do we care? In today’s world with food safety on everybody’s mind how important is it to know where your vegetables are coming from? How can you as a consumer be informed? How can we make a conscious decision not to eat vegetables from certain countries because of food safety concerns, or any other concern or belief one has. Why don’t we have a well defined Country of Origin policy?
We at Noon International are advocates of free trade but we are also advocates of openness.
If it is necessary for the consumer to know where the product comes then it is necessary to label the product appropriately and disclose where product comes from.
Working together as one all things are possible.
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