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Subject: "Italian" tomatoes grown in China
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/24 at 12:44 pm
“Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found.
Some have “Italian” in their name such as Tesco’s “Italian Tomato Purée”. Others have “Italian” in their description, such as Asda’s double concentrate which says it contains “Puréed Italian grown tomatoes” - and Waitrose’s “Essential Tomato Purée”, describing itself as “Italian tomato puree”.
A total of 17 products, most of them own-brands sold in UK and German retailers, are likely to contain Chinese tomatoes - testing commissioned by the BBC World Service shows.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezlw4y152o
Subject: Re: "Italian" tomatoes grown in China
Written By: AmericanGirl on 12/02/24 at 2:18 pm
“Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found.
Some have “Italian” in their name such as Tesco’s “Italian Tomato Purée”. Others have “Italian” in their description, such as Asda’s double concentrate which says it contains “Puréed Italian grown tomatoes” - and Waitrose’s “Essential Tomato Purée”, describing itself as “Italian tomato puree”.
A total of 17 products, most of them own-brands sold in UK and German retailers, are likely to contain Chinese tomatoes - testing commissioned by the BBC World Service shows.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezlw4y152o
Sad and surprising - but not shocking. >:( The inhumanity of forced labor must not be supported by unsuspecting consumers.
Subject: Re: "Italian" tomatoes grown in China
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 01/25/25 at 7:47 am
“Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found.
Some have “Italian” in their name such as Tesco’s “Italian Tomato Purée”. Others have “Italian” in their description, such as Asda’s double concentrate which says it contains “Puréed Italian grown tomatoes” - and Waitrose’s “Essential Tomato Purée”, describing itself as “Italian tomato puree”.
A total of 17 products, most of them own-brands sold in UK and German retailers, are likely to contain Chinese tomatoes - testing commissioned by the BBC World Service shows.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezlw4y152o
Why would you want to buy anything that was grown in China? Some of their cultivation methods are highly questionable.