Time’s up on the six months granted to grocers to comply with the country of origin labeling law enacted last September. Effective today, most retailers must label many fresh foods to let us know where they’re from or face a $1,000 fne for each offense.
Most retailers? Many fresh foods? The exceptions I outlined last year remain and that’s unfortunate for consumers.
But some labels on meat will go farther than just origin, telling us where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. American ranchers in northern states compete with Canadian ranchers and support the labeling.
Specifics about the law are at the USDA’s website.
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I have to agree with this one!
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Hi, FS – good to see you again!
Given the chart you previously posted, it looks like roasted peanuts are good to go, no matter what.
I don’t remember if the Georgia plant’s peanuts were roasted, and all that cockroach and rodent junk was after the fact . . . ewwwwwwwwww, in whatever case.
Baby steps are good, even if the logic seems strained. Strained logic, the forte of a decent and well intentioned government.
For the record:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_74478.html
Roasted cockroach butter gets a pass on processed.
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I’ve paid not much attention to the processed peanut products scare, beyond nuts are safe and so is pb. I don’t eat those processed foods and I don’t think many of my regular readers do either so I really don’t have a reason to delve into specifics. What’s so sad is people still getting sick from crackers bought before the recalls and who were — even as of last week — unaware of the problem. Hadn’t heard a word about it!
But yes, I’m very glad there is at least a baby step here. Now if American consumers would just stop assuming food from other countries is bad and all food from here is pure, we might all be better off.