Are You Being Duped At The Supermarket? As Grocers Are Accused Of Misleading Shoppers - Check If You Can Spot The Issue...

"Inconsistent" country-of-origin labels could be leaving shoppers struggling to find out where their food actually comes from, according to Which?.

Under the current origin labelling rules, it is a requirement to place a country or place of origin label on meat, fish, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as honey and wine .

But the rules don't generally apply to processed meat or frozen or processed fruit and vegetables.

Loose cauliflowers, red cabbage, courgettes and onions at Sainsbury's, peppers, melons and mangoes at Asda and spring onions at Aldi had no visible origin labelling on the shelf or the products themselves.

Tomatoes from Morocco , parsley from Italy and sweet mini peppers from Spain were all spotted under a large banner decorated with a Union Jack and the words "Championing Great British Quality", at an Aldi store visited by researchers.

Product labels had "fairly meaningless" information, such as a pack of sausage rolls from Lidl which stated they were processed using "UK and non-UK pork".

Aldi's Crestwood bacon and cheese wraps had Union Jacks and "Made in Britain" on the front of the pack, despite the label on the back of the pack stating they were made with pork from the EU .

For example, a whole own-brand pineapple in Tesco featured country of origin information, but a packet of pineapple chunks on the next aisle had nothing written on it at all.

Source: Found here