Kalivha wrote:
That being said, just because something isn't wrapped in plastic doesn't mean the origin isn't known. I mean, we used to have a shop and labeled everything by origin; the same is true for a lot of market stands and the street stands in Southall have most things labeled, too.
No offense to the greengrocers out there, but my experience tells me that, at least over here, the origin of the products available in such shops is largely questionable. If a small greengrocer sells unwrapped bell peppers cheaper than the pre-wrapped ones in the supermarket then something's up.
And yes, I realize that the label on a pre-wrapped product can be just as fake as the one on an unwrapped product, but at least there's a minuscule chance that it's actually true on the label from some big shipping company. The greengrocer might not care about the legal repercussions of selling falsely labeled products, but the shipping company has to.
Also, all it takes to contract e. coli is for you to eat one bell pepper grown in someone's backyard and fertilized/watered with sewage. Apparently, human ***** is not meant to be ingested. Go figure.