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    „Italienische“ Pürees enthalten wahrscheinlich chinesische Zwangsarbeitstomaten


    „Italienische“ Pürees enthalten wahrscheinlich chinesische Zwangsarbeitstomaten

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezlw4y152o

    Von PurpleEsskay

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    19 Comments

    1. Disastrous_Fruit1525 on

      It comes to something when you have to put the tomatoes to work.

    2. MyNameIsLOL21 on

      The extra tears on the puree means that the Britsh people get to save more on salt, upholding the economy.

    3. Competitive_Let3812 on

      I guess that many tomatoes purees contain raw materials from China…

    4. gazchap on

      Something that’s only going to get worse as European labour markets struggle to ketchup.

    5. all_about_that_ace on

      A lot of people here seem to be joking but this is pretty grim, by most accounts these camps are concentration camps being used for genocide of an ethnic group.

    6. amgoesham on

      Lol BBC had to admit they couldn’t verify the claims of forced labour tomatoes and they still wrote this.

    7. LavenderSeven on

      Are you fucking kidding me? Are we supposed to be outraged now over unverified reports of Chinese tomatoes of all things??

      Most of our stuff and the world’s stuff comes from China, so of all the things to get outraged over they pick Chinese tomatoes??

    8. Infrared_Herring on

      Trading standards really need to shape up. How is it permissible to describe these as Italian?

    9. Mumique on

      Is there anything these days that doesn’t contain slave labour somehow?!

    10. Psittacula2 on

      The problem to focus on TECHNICALLY as opposed to the problem highlighted in the headline which may factor in POLITICALLY should be noted specifically and explicitly:

      * If regulations and standards for “Tomatoe Purée“ are labelled “Italian” but the tomatoes are harvested “in China by Chinese labour” (?) then processed and packaged in Italy (?) and sold as such, then:

      The technical problem is also highly significant as to deceptive of origin of the product to the end consumer or public.

      Others can commentate on the political issue but this technical issue runs wider and deeper across other products, because:

      How can the public use their CONSUMER CHOICE to signal to the market preferences eg “Made In UK” or Italy if this is not in fact the case due to complex supply chains aka Global Value Chains (GVC).

      Especially in the cases of Food Supply eg:

      * Local as in localism and local jobs and economy

      * Carbon Miles

      * Certified Quality Control eg avoid toxins etc eg horse meat scandals

      * Green as in free of herbicide, pesticide or other habitat friendly implications

      etc.

      There is of course one solution:

      1. Support Local Producers ie buy local

      2. Use Trust Based (human) Systems instead of complex technical regulations with perverse outcomes

      3. Reduce dependence on supermarkets eg super commodities trading companies

    11. Sailing-Cyclist on

      Didn’t Italian tomato producers recently kick-off about these Chinese tomatoes flooding the market and putting them out of business? Hmm.

      Reminds me of the stories of bakeries in Victorian times. There was a bakery that started to put *ash* in their bread mixes because it looked whiter, and could be sold at a higher price for cheaper. Even though the darker-looking breads in other bakeries were so much healthier, the ash-filled bread sold better so, slowly, more and more bakeries started adding ash to their mixes until a dysentery outbreak caused the law to get involved.

      Wouldn’t surprise me if an Italian producer saw their profits skyrocket with Chinese tomatoes and now, slowly, other producers are following suit.

    12. pandaman777x on

      I stopped believing this when the claimed they forced them to make solar panels

    13. pandaman777x on

      I thought they were all forced to make solar panels? Or have we moved on from that one

    14. throwaway_veneto on

      I recommend buying tomato sauce from reputable brands like mutti to enjoy the taste of Italian slave labour.

    15. ToughCapital5647 on

      The Italian food sector is run by their different organised crime groups, so this isn’t really surprising.

    16. Xercen on

      I’m not surprised at all. I’m guessing we’re also using Russian oil or their byproducts in some shape or form.

      If anybody thought this was a surprise then I can tell you that we’re probably still eating horse meat in the food chain at some stage!

    17. Beer-Milkshakes on

      I’m numb to it. There is so little ethical consumption under capitalism.

    18. LudicrousPlatypus on

      It’s disgusting to think that the food we eat is produced by slave labour.

    19. Competitive_Pen7192 on

      People won’t care. It’s too far away for them to get their minds around.

      The BBC had an article saying Temu makes items with open slave labour and there were people saying cheap goods was more important than treating people fairly.

      [Temu](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67752413)

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