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Very Encouraging if correct. But hardly surprising. (lemmy.ca)
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[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There was an investigative video I watched recently (I wish I remember the source, sorry), and they said that designer products which are "Made in Italy" quite literally only needs something like sewing on a zipper, to make it so, despite the rest of the product being made in China.

I recently ran into coffee that was a "Product of Canada", and I know damn well that coffee beans aren't grown here! At the very most, they could label it as "roasted in Canada" or "Packed in Canada", but "Product of Canada" is a flat out lie (and likely illegal in this context).

I suspect a lot of "Made in" products are the same, but there are companies who are very transparent and will explain how their products are made, so I try to seek them out.

[โ€“] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

So apparently Canada is as bad as USA? I must admit I'm a bit surprised about that. But maybe a requirement for the worthless trade deal USA and Canada have or rather had?
Because otherwise American companies would have to relabel things for Canada.

[โ€“] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Considering that I do check all labels, and this problem really only came up once, I don't think it's massively widespread. This coffee was from a small business, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that perhaps they don't know the labelling requirement.

Generally speaking, we have pretty good labelling requirements, but there are times when labels can be vague or misleading. Like seeing packaged goods that say "Baked in Canada" means squat to me. Where were the ingredients grown and where were they processed?

I'm referring most to food items. I'm not sure how good/bad it is for other products.