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[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yep mom works in a grocery store. Can confirm. It runs afoul of Food and Drugs Act (FDA) and Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA) which govern handling/sale of food in Canada. They prohibit the "labelling, packaging, treating, processing, selling, or advertising of any food in a manner that is false, misleading, or deceptive, or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, or merit". Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) can do a ton of things about it but honestly just ask for the produce manager to change the sign. If they give you flak take a picture and copy corporate with your location. Ask corporate if this needs to go to CFIA? It'll get fixed fast. You can't fuck about with food.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It shouldn't be up to the customer to police this. The CFIA needs to be doing a few more spot checks to ensure compliance.

Although I suppose any fines are effectively going to get passed on to the consumers anyways. :/

[–] bowreality@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

They probably don’t have to go far. I haven’t seen any store that hasn’t mislabeled.

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