URGENT if you use frozen veggies you should share this info foodies BUY ONLY BIRDSEYE AND EDGELL The ONLY Australian manufacturer of frozen Australian grown vegetables (Simplot Australia) is not far from closing because a number of the other well-known Australian brands have moved their plants to New Zealand in order to capture the Chinese vegetable market where they market via New Zealand to Australian tables (without the food being labelled specifically as Chinese) This was shown on the program Landline on the ABC (Sunday 15/9). SHOULD SIMPLOT CLOSE, THIS MEANS THAT NO AUSTRALIAN GROWN FROZEN VEGETABLES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL AND WE WILL BE RELYING ON FOOD GROWN TOTALLY OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. For a number of reasons this is not a good situation. 1. As most people know, other countries do not necessarily have the strict guidelines for growing their vegetables that Australia has and by buying Australian we can be sure that lethal chemicals that may be used in other countries will not be used on Australian vegetables. 2. We would be losing Australians jobs. 3. If ever the world became unstable we would not be able to feed ourselves It is imperative that we all support these Australian brands selling good Australian vegetable products (via Simplot): Birdseye and Edgell. Next time you shop, please think about the future of Australian food. Buy Birdseye and Edgell. The farmers in Tasmania are extremely worried about Simplots impending closure. They also have a lone food processing plant in Bathurst subjected to the same uncertainty.If these last remaining plants close, it means that China then has total control over our fresh/frozen vegie industry. It is particularly disturbing to see that Chinese-grown vegetables are coming in branded as a product of New Zealand.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:45:56 +0000
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