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<blockquote data-quote="Bez&amp;gt;" data-source="post: 361482" data-attributes="member: 6007"><p>Victoria</p><p></p><p>The problem is that most folks think the food they are buying is produced by the same company that does the marketing and selling.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes and no - you are simply ignorant of the facts - no different from the vast majority.</p><p></p><p>In fact many companies - including people food companies - have no production lines. They contract that out to a company that will follow their recipie. What that means is you call for meat, wheat and corn - they will get it.</p><p></p><p>But where does it come from? The cheapest supplier of course.</p><p></p><p>The producer / packager / contract company is out to maximize profit. Nothing more and nothing less.</p><p></p><p>It is this type of attitude and problem that has brought so many people to our door for beef and garden supplies and chicken that we really cannot keep up.</p><p></p><p>We need to decide whether to go big or stay home. Having been big and nearly going under we are taking our time on this.</p><p></p><p>An example - take a Canadian brand of honey - I will not mention the name - but it is very well known. This honey is purchased off shore - cheapest supplier. It is packaged in Canada and therefore becomes a "product of Canada".</p><p></p><p>This is extremely common with many packaged foods labelled "product of Canada".</p><p></p><p>If I am not mistaken, the actual honey comes from China or Indonesia - when we discovered this we took it off our list for the house. Now we buy up the road at the local apiary - a bit more money - but we know him / her and where the honey comes from.</p><p></p><p>There are many cheap off shore suppliers that provide bulk foods to north america - it is packaged in Canada - perhaps the U.S. as well - I am unclear on their system - and it now becomes a product of Canada.</p><p></p><p>CFIA allows this - so if you want truly safe food grown by Canadian suppliers you have to know the rules and the actual place the engredients for the product come from. As the law stands today the final supplier does not have to tell you.</p><p></p><p>Remember this - foreign supplers use chemicals that are considered too dangerous to use in this country. They use it on food that is shipped here and then we eat it.</p><p></p><p>In fact if you read the labels on many frozen fruits and vegetables it will say Product of Canada - when you delve a little deeper you will find the food comes from Mexico, Peru and so on - but is packaged in Canada.</p><p></p><p>Makes me sound like a radical and yet I am simply an old, grey haired fat guy that raises a few cows. I will never sit on a board of directors, or a political advisory board because I am not rich and I am not educated and I am not "connected" - therefore I am stupid and unworthy. </p><p></p><p>But, I am up on what happens around the world of agriculture.</p><p> </p><p>I guess to a certain extent I am supporting OT and his COOL concept - but then again I have never truly been against it.</p><p></p><p>Bez></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez>, post: 361482, member: 6007"] Victoria The problem is that most folks think the food they are buying is produced by the same company that does the marketing and selling. [i][/i] Yes and no - you are simply ignorant of the facts - no different from the vast majority. In fact many companies - including people food companies - have no production lines. They contract that out to a company that will follow their recipie. What that means is you call for meat, wheat and corn - they will get it. But where does it come from? The cheapest supplier of course. The producer / packager / contract company is out to maximize profit. Nothing more and nothing less. It is this type of attitude and problem that has brought so many people to our door for beef and garden supplies and chicken that we really cannot keep up. We need to decide whether to go big or stay home. Having been big and nearly going under we are taking our time on this. An example - take a Canadian brand of honey - I will not mention the name - but it is very well known. This honey is purchased off shore - cheapest supplier. It is packaged in Canada and therefore becomes a "product of Canada". This is extremely common with many packaged foods labelled "product of Canada". If I am not mistaken, the actual honey comes from China or Indonesia - when we discovered this we took it off our list for the house. Now we buy up the road at the local apiary - a bit more money - but we know him / her and where the honey comes from. There are many cheap off shore suppliers that provide bulk foods to north america - it is packaged in Canada - perhaps the U.S. as well - I am unclear on their system - and it now becomes a product of Canada. CFIA allows this - so if you want truly safe food grown by Canadian suppliers you have to know the rules and the actual place the engredients for the product come from. As the law stands today the final supplier does not have to tell you. Remember this - foreign supplers use chemicals that are considered too dangerous to use in this country. They use it on food that is shipped here and then we eat it. In fact if you read the labels on many frozen fruits and vegetables it will say Product of Canada - when you delve a little deeper you will find the food comes from Mexico, Peru and so on - but is packaged in Canada. Makes me sound like a radical and yet I am simply an old, grey haired fat guy that raises a few cows. I will never sit on a board of directors, or a political advisory board because I am not rich and I am not educated and I am not "connected" - therefore I am stupid and unworthy. But, I am up on what happens around the world of agriculture. I guess to a certain extent I am supporting OT and his COOL concept - but then again I have never truly been against it. Bez> [/QUOTE]
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