Source: WAGMTV.com

I recently returned an expired bottle of balsamic vinegar to a VERY popular grocery store.  I explained to the manager on duty that it had tasted "off" and I had then checked the label and seen that it had expired several months earlier.

Several days later I was in that aisle again and I checked and found my opened and used product back on that store's shelf.  After I complained, I checked again and found said product just moved further back.

Isolated incident?  Doesn't seem to be.   In a country where foods are heavily regulated food manufacturers and retailers find ways to scam the public and raise profits.  Many food manufacturers deceive you by subsituting less expensive ingredients as in the well known olive oil scam, or by diluting the product in question.  In some other cases some products are not even close to what the buyer thinks they are getting.

Bottom feeding ethics being what they are so often, the US Pharmacopial Convention has set up a data base reporting this type of behavior/product.

Food Fraud is the deliberate manipulation, subsitution, tampering, misleading consumers regarding food products.  There is a database to report infractions.  Common food fraud products are extra virgin olive  oil, orange juice, honey, coffee, fish, milk, pomegranate juice-which doesn't even contain a smidgen of pomegranate. 

Report these companies. But Better still:  patronize stores that specialize in whole foods and that report on the countries of origin.  Buy from local Co-op Markets and from local farmer markets and local farmers.

Don't fall victim to these thieves and swindlers.

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