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Article #9024Re: Chicken of the Sea Tuna Horrible
From: ameijers
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
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Next time you are shopping and not in a hurry, take a look at the code numbers on the cans, including the syntax of the numbers, for several brands. Also look at the style of the cans themselves. Now, go do the same thing in the cat food aisle. It's scary. Among the cheaper brands, at least, it all seems to come out of the same half-dozen processing houses (factory ships?) Above a certain quality grade, per the computer or human inspectors whim, they call it human food- below, it gets a cat food label. No, I don't have any cites to back it up, just my own observations. I suspect, like most categories of stuff for sale, the majority is made by only a few companies, and sold thru many brands. Back when I was eating lower on the economic food chain as a struggling student, I had more time than money, and often was able to find generics that seemed to be out of the same factory as the name brands, at half the price. Tuna, canned veggies, fruit juices, etc. I never could bring myself to eat cat food, tho, no matter if the cans and numbers were the same as the ones labeled tuna. aem sends.. aem sends...
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