[benj111]

I wonder if Dutch tomatoes imported to Italy are canned and then branded as "made in Italy"?

[chmod775]

That'd be illegal for food, which must state the country of origin.

[benj111]

You are probably right in the straight forward example. I'm sure most of the schemes below are legal though.

-"packed in Italy"

-Add herbs and seasoning to the can.

-Process it to pasata.

-Add lots of Italian branding, Italian head office address with "made in EU"

[lozenge]

Labelling law is not that strict in the EU except for meat and fish. The idea of a single country of origin is pretty dubious anyway.