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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

TRUTHINESS IN LABELS

I purchased, last Saturday,  several "5-oz" cans of Valley Fresh Chicken, (net wt.142g.)  The labels describe "one serving" as being 2oz, (or 56g) "DRAINED," and state that the cans contain "about 2 servings."


2 x 56 grams =112 grams, correct?  Of the seven cans we tested, the average weight of chicken inside was 2.25oz, or 63g total.  The rest was plain old salt water.
How in the name of New Math does 7g of chicken equate to "about" a 56g serving?  It's only short by 49 grams, a mere 86%! 
Isn't that "close enough?"  By comparison, your $3.79-per-gallon gas would actually cost you about $7.049 at that rate of deception.  Three-eighty a gallon is painful enough, so would you like to pay $141 rather than $75 for your 20-gallon fill?  Then why accept it in the grocery line?
This deceptive practice teeters on the precipice of deliberate consumer fraud through such fallacious labelling, equating to the old "thumb-on-the-scale" of the dishonest grocers and butchers put out of business long ago.
While a few cents per can is not a great deal of money, the thousands of cans sold throughout the state every month by Fred Meyer and other retailers leads to a sizeable sum of ill-gotten gain which is being raked in by deceit; never a sound business practice.


I have yet to hear from the state AG's office, Valley Fresh Foods, or their parent company, Hormel.


I wonder why....


-neon leon

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