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by chmod775 2729 days ago
That'd be illegal for food, which must state the country of origin.
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benj111 2729 days ago
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"

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lozenge 2729 days ago
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.
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