Buy Australian or overseas poison.

[lind9650]

BUY BIRDSEYE AND EDGELL
 

Now this scares me:
Think about this:-
The ONLY Australian manufacturer of frozen Australian grown vegetables (Simplot Australia) is not far from closing because a number of the other well-known Australian brands have moved their plants to New Zealand in order to capture the Chinese vegetable market where they market via New Zealand to Australian tables (without the food being labelled specifically as Chinese) and Simplot is finding it hard to compete.  This was shown on the program Landline on the ABC (Sunday 15/9).

SHOULD SIMPLOT CLOSE, THIS MEANS THAT NO AUSTRALIAN GROWN FROZEN VEGETABLES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL AND WE WILL BE RELYING ON FOOD GROWN TOTALLY OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA .  For a number of reasons this is not a good situation.

1. As most people know, other countries do not necessarily have the strict guidelines for growing their vegetables that Australia has and by buying Australian we can be sure that lethal chemicals that may be used in other countries will not be used on Australian vegetables.
2. We would be keeping Australians in jobs.
3. If ever the world became unstable regarding wartime we would not be able to feed ourselves.

It is imperative that we all support these Australian brands selling good Australian vegetable products (via Simplot).
Birdseye
Edgell
   
Next time you shop, please think about the future of Australian food.

What do you reckon folks? Let’s buy Birdseye and Edgell.

Some of us love our designer labels.  We buy premium brand shoes, premium brand clothing and well known premium perfumes and handbags.
BUT ..... we also look buy the cheapest food we can for our children to eat.  That doesn't make sense.
This is so true, the farmers in Tasmania are extremely worried about Simplot's impending closure.
They also have a lone plant in Bathurst subjected to the same uncertainty.
If these last remaining plants close, it means that China then has total control over our fresh/frozen vegie industry.
Particularly disturbing to see that Chinese grown vegetables are coming in branded as a product of New Zealand .
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Erica

[freshwater-2]

A timely post, Erica.

[debra9275]

This is very true Erica, Simplot have just retrenched a number of their office staff in the past month or so & they are a great company. I would hate to see them go. It would be a disaster for our farmers, not to mention another lot of people joining the unemployment queues.

Edgell& Birdseye products are sometimes on sale at the supermarkets, try & stock up on them

[amber-eyed-girl]

I get Birdseye, have for years.

They are the best.

what a shame, when out of stock, tried another brand, NZ...were horrible. Will have been Chinese I expect.

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:
This is very true Erica, Simplot have just retrenched a number of their office staff in the past month or so & they are a great company. I would hate to see them go. It would be a disaster for our farmers, not to mention another lot of people joining the unemployment queues.

Edgell& Birdseye products are sometimes on sale at the supermarkets, try & stock up on them

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I've gone over to Birdseye since last time we discussed as well, Deb. I especially like their chips. I don't buy much in way of cans but I now look for Edgell.

Cpl weeks ago I bought some Golden Circle corn kernels thinking Golden Circle an Aussie brand. Turns out they were from NZ. Nothing against NZ but it comes through there from China.

[2106greencat]

I only like Birdseye so all good here.

Thanks for info lind, I had not seen it before you posted.

[polocross58]

BUMP

Thanks for posting this, OP and for making people aware

About time Abbott addressed issues such as this

I've bought Logan Farm in the past.  Thought it was Australian.  Elderly couple in the checkout queue mentioned we are actually consuming Chinese frozen veggies here.  I couldn't believe it.  Disgusting

Now when I buy frozen veggies, I buy those with ' 100% Australian Grown' on the front of the satchel. They're Birds Eye or Edgell, can't remember

Get your finger out Abbott and Co. and start supporting Aussie grown food for Aussies, thank you

and BUMP again

[fourandsixpants]

I fully agree :

                 Get your finger out Abbott and Co. and start supporting Aussie grown food for Aussies, thank you

....subsidising motor vehicle factories is one issue but FOOD, consumables is serious.

Remember when the Chinese had a huge problem with powdered baby formula?? ....even the Chinese won't buy their own baby formula or powdered milk products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

Chinese veg growers use TOXIC sprays on their fruit and veg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_residue

many, many more than are acceptable by Australian standards.....

"Dirty dozen" and "clean fifteen"[edit]

According to the Environmental Working Group choosing to buy certain organic food can significantly lower residue exposure by as much as about 90%. The group came up with a list of fruits and vegetable that are recommended to avoid as they are known to contain high levels of pesticide residues. These foods, referred to as the "Dirty Dozen" readily absorb pesticides and retain them, so even if washed, they will still have noticeable levels of residues. The ability of a fruit or vegetable to retain or repel pesticides is dependent on its outer shell or protective layer. Fruits such as strawberries are more likely to absorb and retain pesticides than pineapples are.[26][27]

Dirty Dozen apples celery cherry tomatoes cucumbers grapes hot peppers nectarines (imported) peaches potatoes spinach strawberries sweet bell peppers plus collard greens and kale plus summer squash and zucchini

Clean Fifteen asparagus avocados cabbage cantaloupe corn eggplant grapefruit kiwi fruit mango mushrooms onions papayas pineapples sweet peas (frozen) sweet potatoes

at least I feel safe and buy frozen veg products with confidence from my local supermarket:

October 18th 2013 The Australian

...."admitted to The Australian that the switch to only Australian-grown frozen vegetables -- to be announced this morning in Devonport -- reversed a poor decision made five years ago to buy cheaper imported frozen vegetables...."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/woolies-imports-freeze-boosts-farmers/story-e6frg8zx-122674...#

[debra9275]

Icy, don't forget that there are other good Simplot brands, like Leggos, John West & a few more that I can't think of right now, they'll probably come up on google search

[debra9275]

Paints if they're using fromaldehyde in the manufacture of clothing and sheets, I hate to think what insecticides are being used and consumed