Is it too much to ask that we know where products are from/produced/etc?

[zork]

Is it too much to ask that we know where products are from/produced/etc?

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150611/us-congress-meat-labeling-11265046c4.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/18/china

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ird-of-Chinese-toys-contain-heavy-metals.html

Consumer Reports and Dr. Oz aren’t the first to test apple juice for arsenic. The St. Petersburg Times did so last year and found more than one-fourth of 18 samples contained between 24 and 35 ppb of arsenic. It noted that more than 60 percent of this country’s apple juice concentrate now comes from China, and that we also import a lot of apple juice from Chile, Argentina and Turkey, countries where pesticide use is under-regulated.

Arsenic-tainted soil in U.S. orchards is a likely source of contamination for domestically grown apples, Consumer Reports notes, because pesticides used here decades ago remain in the soil.

But the Consumer Reports tests showed that juice from China and Argentina did contain higher levels of inorganic arsenic than domestically produced juice, and also that organic brands of apple juice contained lower amounts of arsenic.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/...rsenic-in-apple-and-grape-juice/#.VXmpi_lVhBc


Yes, some people care what they eat and may choose not to eat food, or buy certain toys, from certain countries if they have a choice. Why is that too much to ask?

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/...ould-worry-about-chinas-food-safety-problems/

 

[Crockett]

Good point. Let us have the facts on country of origin, GMOs, farm raised, etc. If you don't trust the public with information, emigrate to a totalitarian country.