Whole Foods and Trader Joe's sued over lead

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где там наши совковые любители "органик" food? Lol

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?p...9-52bfd07e698f


California's attorney general says those stores, plus Target and others, failed to warn consumers about tainted products.
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With ground beef in Europe tainted with horsemeat, ground turkey in the U.S. laden with feces and food everywhere being mislabeled, grocery shoppers turn their lowly eyes to a chemical-averse, free-range Superman: The organic supermarket. Well, even Superman's vision can be clouded by a little lead.


California has filed a lawsuit again Whole Foods Market (WFM +1.40%) and Trader Joe's, along with Target (TGT -1.91%) and other manufacturers and distributors, alleging the companies are selling lead-tainted ginger and plum candies without warning labels required by law.


Attorney General Kamala Harris' office says laboratory tests found lead in the products, but didn't note in the lawsuit how much was found. It also didn't respond to a request by the Associated Press seeking that information.


Under California's Proposition 65, a product that contains even small amounts of lead or other chemicals identified by the state as harmful to human health must carry a label warning consumers. In Whole Foods' case, the suit says the supermarket's "bulk ginger" and The Ginger People Baker's Cut Crystallized Ginger Chips violate the law. At Trader Joe's, the suit says lead was found in uncrystallized candied ginger.


Despite efforts to limit lead use and exposure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 500,000 U.S. children are still believed to have lead poisoning. While most were exposed to lead through old paint and dirt tainted with leaded gasoline, the CDC notes that children who come in contact with lead in any fashion risk brain damage and lower IQ as a result.


These allegations of tainted food put Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in some interesting downmarket company. Burger King (BKW +1.17%), Yum Brands' (YUM +0.71%) Taco Bell, Wal-Mart (WMT +0.51%) and Ikea outlets throughout Europe have all come under fire for selling tainted meat.


Meanwhile, both Whole Foods and Trader Joe's were involved in a Consumer Reports study of tainted turkey meat that also drew samples from Cargill's Shady Brook Farms, Jennie-O, Perdue and Publix. The study singled out the organic grocers by noting that that conventional ground turkey and turkey labeled "no antibiotics," "organic," (which doesn't use antibiotics) or "raised without antibiotics" were equally likely to contain bacteria associated with fecal contamination.

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где там наши совковые любители "органик" food? Lol

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?p...9-52bfd07e698f


California's attorney general says those stores, plus Target and others, failed to warn consumers about tainted products.
By Jason Notte 7 hours ago
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With ground beef in Europe tainted with horsemeat, ground turkey in the U.S. laden with feces and food everywhere being mislabeled, grocery shoppers turn their lowly eyes to a chemical-averse, free-range Superman: The organic supermarket. Well, even Superman's vision can be clouded by a little lead.


California has filed a lawsuit again Whole Foods Market (WFM +1.40%) and Trader Joe's, along with Target (TGT -1.91%) and other manufacturers and distributors, alleging the companies are selling lead-tainted ginger and plum candies without warning labels required by law.


Attorney General Kamala Harris' office says laboratory tests found lead in the products, but didn't note in the lawsuit how much was found. It also didn't respond to a request by the Associated Press seeking that information.


Under California's Proposition 65, a product that contains even small amounts of lead or other chemicals identified by the state as harmful to human health must carry a label warning consumers. In Whole Foods' case, the suit says the supermarket's "bulk ginger" and The Ginger People Baker's Cut Crystallized Ginger Chips violate the law. At Trader Joe's, the suit says lead was found in uncrystallized candied ginger.


Despite efforts to limit lead use and exposure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 500,000 U.S. children are still believed to have lead poisoning. While most were exposed to lead through old paint and dirt tainted with leaded gasoline, the CDC notes that children who come in contact with lead in any fashion risk brain damage and lower IQ as a result.


These allegations of tainted food put Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in some interesting downmarket company. Burger King (BKW +1.17%), Yum Brands' (YUM +0.71%) Taco Bell, Wal-Mart (WMT +0.51%) and Ikea outlets throughout Europe have all come under fire for selling tainted meat.


Meanwhile, both Whole Foods and Trader Joe's were involved in a Consumer Reports study of tainted turkey meat that also drew samples from Cargill's Shady Brook Farms, Jennie-O, Perdue and Publix. The study singled out the organic grocers by noting that that conventional ground turkey and turkey labeled "no antibiotics," "organic," (which doesn't use antibiotics) or "raised without antibiotics" were equally likely to contain bacteria associated with fecal contamination.

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[Брюнетко]

то в калифорнии :115:
у нас все нормальна

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keep dreaming!

[Брюнетко]

keep dreaming!

дада
продолжайте в таргетах органик фуд искать

http://www.tannerbrothersdairy.com/about.php

[Miami Vice]

дада
продолжайте в таргетах органик фуд искать

http://www.tannerbrothersdairy.com/about.php

Сегодня и в Хол Фудс практически ничего органик не осталось. В настоящем понимании этого слова а не в формулировке USDA которое разрешает большой процент химикатов в определении органик.

В Хол Фудс просто само качество продуктов выше среднего поэтому он и привлекает. А если бы там были на самом деле органик продукты то они выглядели бы убого. Настоящая клубника например или яблоки в натуральном виде не такие привлекательные как надутые химией и политые пестицидами. Вот когда там начнут продавать невзрачные яблочки с червяками тогда я поверю что там органик.

Американцы как обычно хотят "высраться и не надуться". Подавай им органик но не дай б-г там червячок какой та или другой натуральный изъян. Поэтому и имеем что имеем.

[daizy]

Мне строители говорили, что до 1978 года в красках был свинец (lead).И в штате Оhio штраф 35 тысяч долларов за выброс материалов с свинцом.Как я поняла EPA следит за этим. Дома с алюминиевым сайдингом до 1978 года могут быть покрашены краской со свинцом. Предлагают заменить виниловым сайдингом. По цене примерно такой же, как покрашенный алюминиевый сайдинг.

[смешно]

Это невозможно обьяснить нашим совковым гражданам. ЛОЛ. Для них Whole Foods бренд это как Мерседес.

[Bibob3d]

Это невозможно обьяснить нашим совковым гражданам. ЛОЛ. Для них Whole Foods бренд это как Мерседес.

А американцам возможно? Или Whole Foods основали специально для "совковых граждан"?

[Miami Vice]

Это невозможно обьяснить нашим совковым гражданам. ЛОЛ. Для них Whole Foods бренд это как Мерседес.

Скорее как фейк сумочки гуччи.

В МА когда то давно таки была сеть натуральных магазинов [Bread and Circus]. Потом их купил Хол Фудс который является агробизнесом из Тексаса. И "органика" вскоре стала ширпотребной липой. Вопрос на засыпку - в Тексасе сильно много чего "натурального"? Живут ли там в основном хиппи и им сочувствующие (как например в Вермонте) или там народ знаменит тем что любит всё экологиески чистое и т.п.? Как от большого агро-бизнеса из Тексаса можно ожидать че нить по честному "органик"?