food scam

[ensho]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/06/israelandthepalestinians.supermarkets


'Illicit' settler food sold in UK stores
Supermarkets accused of duping customers with 'West Bank' produce grown in Israeli settlements



Food grown on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories is being sold in Britain, often to customers who assume they are buying goods from Palestinian-owned farms.

Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Somerfield have all admitted sourcing produce from Israeli-owned farms on Palestinian territory but claimed that labelling the goods 'origin: West Bank' gave enough information for the customer to make an informed choice.

All the leading supermarkets claim they are complying with EU law, which states that the origin of a product on a food label can be given as a geographical region rather than a country - providing the meaning is clear to the consumer. Campaigners say customers are being duped into believing they are buying goods from Palestinian-owned farms, when in reality they are contributing to the economies of the illegal settlements.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband was concerned enough about the issue to raise it with British officials in Jerusalem during his visit there last November.

EU officials in Jerusalem are now checking whether any loopholes are being exploited by British companies.
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[Dreamer Tatum]

1. Does it taste Jewish, or Palestinian?

Funny how we are so worried that there isn't enough food to feed to world, yet we devote resources to this silly bullshit.

[ensho]

2. its not silly.

scams are never silly.

[aspergris]

3. except

It didn't say "Palestinian Produced".

It said 'West Bank" produced.

Caveat Emptor.

West Bank =/= Palestinian

It would be like saying 'produced in Little Italy' meant that it had to be produced by Italians.