Supermarket shopping

[ian]

The only way to be sure that pork products come from Australia is to see them cut from the bone.

I don't think I'd even trust that measure.

In roundish numbers, 30% of Australian consumed pig meat is imported, while around 10% of domestic production is exported.


From Australian Pork -- Import, Export & Domestic Production Report, January 2016 Market Reporting | Australian Pork
12 month totals to January 2016
Domestic pig meat production -- 372,508 (tonnes)
Exports -- 33,380 (tonnes)
Imports -- 170,270 (tones)

Data Source: ABS

[AlexS]

As I understand it, Ian, importing pork (possibly other meat too) on the bone is prohibited by quarantine laws.

[rrich]

Is it possible that the bacon was made in Australia but packaged elsewhere?

Please let me re-phrase the question.

Is it possible that the bacon was "created" in Australia and packaged elsewhere?

(Use your imagination?)

[Bob38S]

Slightly off topic but close to the idea.

I have a Husqvarna ride on mower, made in Sweden, however, it is sent to the USA unassembled, assembled in the USA and then shipped to Oz.

Have asked for an explanation but the stock answer seems to be "that's just what they do".

[ian]

but it does allow Husqvarna to claim "Made in USA" for mowers sold in the US.

For ustralia, US "made" mowers have English instructions and labels

[rrich]

Slightly off topic but close to the idea.
Have asked for an explanation but the stock answer seems to be "that's just what they do".

Isn't that just what the swine "DO"? LOL

[62woollybugger]

There have been adds on TV over the last week or so saying that from July the percentage of Australian product will be on the labels of food.

[joe greiner]

Slightly off topic but close to the idea.

I have a Husqvarna ride on mower, made in Sweden, however, it is sent to the USA unassembled, assembled in the USA and then shipped to Oz.

Have asked for an explanation but the stock answer seems to be "that's just what they do".

Several years ago, some Toyota pickup trucks had final assembly in the Port of Tacoma, Washington. The assembly consisted of bolting the beds to the chassis, on an outdoor assembly line. Both the chassis and the beds were delivered on the same RO-RO ship. The explanation I heard was that import tariffs were lower for parts than for fully assembled. The trucks were badged "Tacoma," out of respect for the "manufacturing" location.

Years later, production moved to (I think) Fresno, California. But they kept the "Tacoma" badge.

Cheers,
Joe

[Bushmiller]

The loopholes in labeling have been pretty disgraceful by any stretch of the imagination. There are some changes proposed for 1 July this year:

Australian labelling from 1 July.png

This will be for imported goods:

Packed in Australia.png

You can find further details here:

Country of Origin Labelling

Regards
Paul

[fenderbelly]

last week on one of the current affair programs there was an item about bacon.
Primarily it was about the amount of water pumped into bacon.
The items shown were for pre packed bacon, however I have no reason to believe that the sliced bacon in the deli section is any different.

The rates of water pumped in ranged from 70% down to 54%.

So I can only assume that my original statement (Made in Australia from local and imported products. ) means that
70% was imported bacon and 30% was local water. . Or it could have been the other way round.