I received this in my email today, name omitted by request.
Mick Raven
Subject: Food safety
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Check this out at the Freezer before purchasing !!!!!!
Current Affair did a Report (Sept 2011) on frozen vegetables imported from New Zealand. As it turns out if it is a Coles or Woolies home brand there is a more than good chance that the product has come from China. Products made by McCain’s, Birdseye and other supposed reputable companies from New Zealand are now purchasing vegie products from China and selling that product under their name.
Basically check where it is produced by the comments on the back of the pack and if it says produced from New Zealand and Imported product it has Chinese vegies in it, put it back on the shelf. I would even go as far as to say, even if it has product of…
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Buy locally and make meals with local produce. I did it as a single mother with 3 children. The only way to make any impact is to not buy in the big chain stores