Distributed By:

Yesterday I submitted a question regarding Distributed by vs. Made In labeling to the FDA. Let's say they were not as quick as "Perky Jerky" was in their response. So here I sit watching the inbox.

Why am I obsessed about the "Distributed by" labeling? I understand that "distributed by" is used because many food companies purchase private label items from a specific manufacturer. So say Target, Meijer, Walmart might not manufacture the bag of potato chips they contract out to another company to make them. Doing this is probably sound business practice, but as a consumer I would still like to know where the product is MADE or at mininum that it is an American company producing the item.

In the short time that my family has been paying more attention to labels it has become very evident that many of the canned and processed foods do not tell consumers where the item was made or what country the produce or meat. Do we assume made in or product of USA if it doesn't tell us different? This seems very naive in today's environment.