Harpers Bizarre

I certainly enjoyed the CBC report on the Prime Ministers announcement to change the way food is labeled in Canada. (Especially “Made in Canada” and “Products of Canada”). This is great news. It also reinforces others are questioning the labeling process.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/21/food-label.html

I try to use my brain when I am choosing food……and .. I admit I make mistakes. But really……are there people out there buying orange juice and thinking it is a product of Canada?

I have not had any oranges since 2007. Nor bananas, pineapple, kiwi. I haven’t bought peanuts, rice, olives, raisins, coconut, …there are lots of things I have not been purchasing. I sort of figured out Canada does not produce these items…even if the packaging says differently.

I have been purchasing apples, strawberries and blueberries from Nova Scotia, cranberries from Atlantic Canada (?) and rhubarb from British Columbia.

Except for an occasional error on my part….I feel the majority of the items I purchase are Canadian. I check most websites and email companies for answers if I still have questions. The majority of the companies respond (usually with the answer I was hoping for).

That is not to say that we do not need improvement….we do..big time. I am very pleased Harper is planning to have the new labeling process in place by the end of the year. Until then, I will read labels, check ingredients,and ignore the unknown or obvious.