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Australian tomato paste. Italian tomato paste. Except the laboratory says the tomatoes grew in China. Madonna.
Forensic testing by a lab called Source Certain found dozens of tomato pastes claiming Australia or Italy were consistent with Chinese-grown tomatoes. About half the failures were sourced from Xinjiang, a region known for forced labour. Some caged eggs were sold as cage-free. Three brands of turmeric showed signs of adulteration.
Now the ACCC has launched an inquiry. The assistant competition minister, Andrew Leigh, says "Australians shouldn't be duped by misleading labels." Good. It took a Four Corners investigation to get there, but good.
Me, I bottle my own passata every summer with Bea's tomatoes. I know which garden they came from because I picked them. Not everybody has a Bea. So who checks the tin for them?
Source: ABC News, 2026-08-07
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