Where do tomato products really come from? Undercover investigation (Marketplace)
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2021
- You may think you know where your tomato products come from based on the packaging, but we found tomato products from major brands linked to China’s Xinjiang region, where Uyghur Muslims face mass detention, surveillance and torture. They might be on store shelves here.
CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this video said La Doria will continue to use tomato paste from Xinjiang, China, through November 2021. After the episode aired, the company clarified it has not ordered tomatoes from this year's harvest and said it made that decision prior to CBC's inquiries. Any tomato paste from Xinjiang was harvested in 2020. The information is referenced from minute 12:56 to 13:06.
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Label laws really needs to be updated, another issue is with online shopping, the groceries doesn't put all the label info and in some cases no info at all but partial pictures of the label.
Convenience has been pushed to make people do on-line shopping, a lot of shopping is done over the internet, convinced many people this is better. I have not and will not shop this way
I know where my tomato products come from bc I bought 250lbs of Roma tomatoes and 100lbs of field tomatoes from a local farmer and processed everything myself....tomato soup, tomato juice, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, ketchup, salsa, BBQ sauce, spicy tomato chutney , stewed tomatoes and tomato powder.....I have enough in my cold room to last a year.
That’s great !
That is good not only that you support local but the fact you have the skills and knowledge to prepare and package store your creations. We have become an instant society so most do not have the knowledge or aptitude or want to do as you do. Cheers
+10000 Social Credits. Great Job
So no fresh tomato in winter for that salad?
@@gregbrunner599 No we eat with the season and buy from local farmers as much as possible.
We don't eat salad in the winter......but there is coleslaw,sauerkraut ,lots of pickles and relish( homemade of course)
Wish this was done for all our food! As soon as a product is considered value added as far as I know... repackaged, frozen at sea or cooked... it becomes product of that Country... its dishonest... safety from pesticides, heavy metals etc... we cant make healthy decisions based on false product origins. Product ingredient sources of origin should be the norm and mandatory these days. Countries with shady dealings with safety at any level for workers, products and consumers should be banned into Canada. Lets grow our own... we have the land...lets use it and respect our farmers. Less is more approach. Quality over quantity. Superior over inferior products. Less food waste. Health is wealth.
I agree! And abolish mega farms as well..we, as consumers have a powerfull voice! Let's use it.
I agree with you !
Buy from your local farmers. Eat what the land nearest you can provide.
ideally the canadian government could give away free land in remote areas to live off. but in reality they don't want to solve any problems.
Buy local support local farms,,not big companies
@Priyanka Raghavendra buy from farms, not the market
Canada only had one growing season so that’s a bit difficult, compared to countries that have 2-3 growing seasons a year
Grow food not lawns
@@julv5767 ok, I get how our limited growing season effects the fresh tomato market, but canned tomatoes, tomato paste or sauce? That can all be produced here -- and was, within my lifetime.
This is a great story that really needs to be heard by everyone, the ag industry has many dark areas that we as consumers never recognize until journalists dig into the root of the issue.
As a consumer it costs more to by local but it also does not contribute to corporate greed and exploitation of workers, for me it started with the ethically sourced coffee which made me think about all the products in our food supply we enjoy. This has created an awareness to also support local, and I thank god for farmers and farmers markets everywhere in in every province in Canada. Buying local isn’t cheap but the quality of the products are very good and as a consumer you are not part of the problem of unethical treatment of others. Agriculture isn’t easy work and there are few family farms left , so support local and be kind to people because it matters more than you think.
Shame on CBC. Hit piece asking to punish Uyghurs without actual proof of forced labor. Quoting discredited sources makes CBC discredited.
As Canadians we also need to speak out against our own country. If you recall the workers we imported over covid and discovered how badly they were treated....so lets start with cleaning up our own back yard
Let's not ignore this generations holocaust okay?
We can absolutely do both.
The lucky ones can immigrate, the majority not.
you're getting closer to the point, none of this report proves anything about forced labor in Xinjiang but we have plenty of proofs about bad conditions for mexican imported workers in Canada
*front yard
So where's the list of ethically sourced tomato sauces? I will definately switch brands if a list is provided.
Canada. USA.
@@tubesecurity ?
When it comes to ketchup at least, Frenches famously decided to use Ontario tomatoes after Heinz stopped using them a few years ago.
They should make an investigation on avocados, for all of those who preach they have switched to cruelty free diets
We NEED more of your work: bringing attention to us consumers for better decision making considerations AND making the distributors and wholesalers think about ethics rather than just their bottom dollar. THANK YOU!
These marketplace videos are very good, amazing how much info they can get for us
Agreed. I remember when this show started in 1972, back when Stompin' Tom Connors sang the theme song, and they have consistently worked to bring awareness of bad corporate behavior and warn consumers of the many defective products and contractor scams that we deal with on a daily basis. Their reporting has helped steer my decision making many, many times over my lifetime. ✌🇨🇦
@@danielmorris3687 1972 ??
It started from all the way back to the 1970s.. really?
Are episodes from the 70,80s available to view on the internet?
@@originalunoriginal4055 I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if some are. A quick YT or Google search should tell you.
Marketplace is waste of time, all talk no action
@@Justin-Potato What kind of action do you expect? They are an investigative television program that reports wrongdoings to the public. I would think it would be up to the relevant agencies and authorities to take action.
Do Canadians really trusts Adrian Zenz? Poor people
Adrian Zenz is funded by the US government as well as ASPI which is finded by the US military. And literally every scholar says Zenz is not credible.
Zenz is a right- wing evangelical zealot. His book, "Worthy to Escape", should tell you abouthim and his worldview esp. on people who don't to share his view on Christianity.
Considering the Tomatoes, imagine Extra Vergin Olive Oil, Sugar, Flour, Eggs and all BASIC products that are in the kitchen.
Eggs usually local due to them been fragile
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No offence CBC, but how did you guys translated that Chinese document? The Chinese documents you guys used said nothing about force labour, its a document of a report talking about the Chinese poverty alleviation program and how their government finding job opportunities for minority ethnic groups. The document talked about the importance of poverty alleviation for minority ethnic groups and also talk about how food court of the workplace adding new food dishes which is consistent with their religious beliefs.
Thank you finally someone actually read the documents, before CBC butcher the document by using "CBC translation". I used to believed every story market place post but now I have my doubts.
First Xinjiang cotton, now Xinjiang tomatoes.
Where's the evidence? This isn't journalism, this is activism clutching at straws.
So the risk of something we consume being made with forced labour... which products might be exported to Canada that are made with American prison labour? The estimated 30,000 convicts leased to farms in Arizona, Idaho, Washington and so on. As an article in The Atlantic stated... "Incarcerated workers, laboring within in-house operations or through convict-leasing partnerships with for-profit businesses, have been involved with mining, agriculture, and all manner of manufacturing from making military weapons to sewing garments for Victoria’s Secret."
Those prison workers should be working, they already cost the tax payers $50,000 a year to lay around
Prisoners are not abducted, innocent people.
I am guessing Cotton Force Labors not working so well and now going into tomatoes. Hahaha.....
concealing their identity as they show off his entire living space. tf
Yeah, I'm concerned as well. Poorly Done
I learned that if you only translate (pick out) 2, 3 words out of any documents you can say any story you want. My teacher in Canada call that " taken out of context". I dare anyone screen shots the Chinese documents in this video and use Google translate and read the complete sentence. You will find it very interestingly different to what market place claims.
What's your point? You can do the same thing with any scientific study. It does no mean that Chinese citizens are not living in horrible worker conditions.
@@violetviolet888 It may not be as good as those for workers in the West or Canada, but they certianly are NOT as horrible as that portrayed by this CBC report.
@@violetviolet888 It's called manufacturing consent. I saw more machines in the clip than people.
The best tomatoes grew in my backyard this year. My two year old did an amazing job. So sweet tasting! And all it did was make me violently hate supermarket tomatoes. They are terrible and insanely overpriced.
Right? Some of the supermarket"fresh" tomato's are tasteless and mealy feeling.
I wish I had a yard to grow some myself.
CRYING LITTLE SNOWFLAKE
@@thatoneguy6776 wdym?
and yet the seeds you use are hybrid and no where near the real taste of a tomato. Want a real taste, go to south America and discover what they really taste like, 10,000 times better
@@gregbrunner599 I got the Italian hook up. Even the Olive Oil. This ain’t no supermarket junk :)
But I totally agree with you! Need to be really aware.
When CBC realizes it can't milk the Xinjiang cotton forced labor story anymore so it goes onto tomatoes instead xD.
I am disgusted by CBC’s shoddy journalism. Shameless! I used to enjoy watching this program. Now I am wondering how much they presented in the past was true.
That’s why we have to support local producers, it maybe expensive but we know how it was grown.
It's actually cheaper if you can get straight to the farms to buy them
The farmers market sometimes are a rip off. Sometimes the seller will buy from wholesaler and pretend it's organic
good on the guy who grows his own tomatoes for his restaurant!
This report shows literally no evidence whatsover that there is forced labor in Xinjiang. Aside from that I totally agree that we should start buying more local products.
This is not journalism
GREAT investigation, WRONG conclusion. At 21:20, the responsibility is put on the Supermarkets. The responsibility needs to be on the GOVERNMENT to create legislation that ensures ethical responsibility up and down the supply chain.
Corporations will only ever prioritize the bottom line, and respond in a minimal reactionary way, if at all, as this investigative journalism demonstrates.
If we allow ourselves to think that responsibility begins and ends with the "consumer's choice", then only a small percentage of people will opt to purchase a new product. The real strategy for change in a representational democracy is for people to respond to these issues with ACTIVISM and put hard pressure on elected officials to enact change through LEGISLATION, so that ethical products can end up on the shelves across the board.
That is not even an investigation. I can carry out such an investigation in 10 minutes......
Where are the evidences of "forced labor"? I just don't get it. Are we supposed to eat or not eat tomato products on market? I am quite confused. BTW, is this a marketplace or political-place?
There's a chance of forced labor....
Big Ag is absolutely the most political of all political systems in the world by default. Eat food grown by your local farmers or grow it yourself. Stick to organic food grown as close to you as possible.
@@aliciacline08 including Canada....
@@aliciacline08 a chance but no evidence, we have allegations presented by political think tanks
Yes. This is sadly true.
They're forced to work hard labour's for low pay or else they'll get administered in internment camps where they try to erase their culture and identity. Women are beaten up and sterialised. The men work long hours.
Such disgusting people should be held responsible.
Bad things happen when good people are silent.
CBC would do well to do a hard core Marketplace weekly.
They have an episode every week during the season. I love this show, they are what journalism looks like. I love CBC
Didn’t they do a show on orange juice too?
Americans need you (Marketplace) to open a subsidiary here in the States! We used to have similar shows, what we called Evening Magazines... but no longer!
Labels should say where the vegetable or fruit is grown, not packaged. Simple change in law would do this
Stating where something is grown is not enough, it can still be grown ethically in a distant land.
We have often complained that tomatoes just don’t taste as good as our younger years. We grow our own tomatoes which we enjoy fresh and canned but have to supplement at some point. I assumed (wrongly) that Mexican tomatoes would be ethically produced. However, if we boycott those fresh tomatoes, are we not going to harm the workers further if they don’t have a paycheck from those farms.
Yeah. I'm agree with you. This problems is too complicated. The goverment they should take some action because the authority was in their hands
Proud my tax dollars contributed to this. More Great journalism like this please!!!
Featuring Adrian Zenz standing so that he can ran at a moment’s notice?
I'm not even Canadian but this is interesting
It should be interesting; you're either from a country that is doing the exploitation, or from a country that imports exploited products, take your choice; it's one or the other. 🙂
You don't have to be Canadian to appreciate this content. These products are sent all around the world. It affects all of us.
Thanks again Marketplace. You do great work!
"Were there bedbugs and rats?" Why not ask an open ended question about the living conditions, not a leading question...
Lol that question came out of nowhere...
If you are doing an interview, there is normally a preinterview that happens off camera where the questions in the interview are run by the participant. It is likely that bedbugs/rats came up in the preinterview, so if it seems like the participant is being led in that question, now you know why
They could say no if it wasn't true. It was hardly leading.
@@xbl155ful
It's selective editing. The conversation likely lasted a couple dozen minutes with other bits which lead up to this, but they wanted a quick soundbite to sell the audience.
Some companies are using minority for advertising on the one hand and discriminating their customers such as African and the workers on the other hand. Hypocrits
Forget 'moral compass.' Supermarkets work on such slim margins that they are extremely sensitive to consumer backlash. If enough shoppers make it clear they want ethical products supermarkets will respond.
First shoppers have to know that this is going on. 99.9% of the average shopper knows nothing about the orgin of the products they purchase. Absolutely nothing. And the percentage of shoppers who even _care_ about that particular info, well that's another frightening number to be determined.
@@nuckinfuts7610 Agree. But now that I know I will discuss it with my friends. Hopefully others will, too. A lot of people won't care. They'll just want the cheapest products on the shelf. But remember when Heinz pulled out of Leamington? There was a backlash and French's came out with its own line of ketchup with tomatoes grown in Leamington. Heinz was so mad it came out with its own line of mustard! To this day, my ketchup is French's!
Shoppers are looking to buy products at the best price possible. We should be able to buy those at the best price if we chose to. If you have the money to pay twice as much for every single items at the grocery to make sure there was no forced labor good condition bio ethical etc go for it. Meanwhile grocery store don't pay our rents , our foods , electricity our bills in general. So I won't pay twice as much for my coffee , tomato or any other product . It's hypocritical to ask for us to pay more for ethical reason a lot of us don't have the means to.
They are multinationals who profit in the billions, and pay less than minimum wages. What cave have you been hiding in.
Most shoppers don’t care about these things, the prices have to be low, ethics is for the rich, who can afford higher food prices
After hearing this for sure I will be growing my own tomatoes for each year.
Too bad CBC doesn't provide legit credible evidence. In the end it's all hearsay
Lol go for it. You guys get fooled too easily LOL .
@Chris lmao
This is such good work! Thank you. We all need to participate in ethical responsibility.
I'll eat it because of survival mechanism
Yet more insentive to grow and can my own tomatoes. Thank you for this information!
I love when they say they concealed their faces for their safety then showing their bodies, unaltered voices, their names and just blurring their faces a bit.
I would definitely not feel safe ever speaking up if i was in a similar predicament if those were the precautions taken.(that lady that ran away might have done the right thing for her safety)
How hard would it be to find a worker that have this name and body type and voice if i was adamant on tracking them down if i know how they sound, general look, name and how their house look like it would be easier.
Yes it’s easy to track them down, especially if they have relatives still working there…
Agree, that heavy set fellow would be easily found. That’s careless reporting on their part. They could potentially be outing the poor fellow who was brave enough to come forward.
You're assuming the person on the video is the actual person. It can be an actor.
Yeah, this reporter thinks we believe whatever the story tells us. Check this youtube video out: Reaction Video - CBC's Rotten Tomatoes by Daniel Dumbrill. He and his guest talk extensively about the concealed figures.
I was hoping someone would post this. Thanks.
Great reporting; thank you! What should consumers do to get (mandate) complete transparency on the foods that we purchase?
Very well said. I totally agree with ya! HVE ya been able to "watch the COVID masks episode? Omg..opened up my eyes for sure! Check it out. P.s I always wear 2 masks.. hve Crohn's..always been germ aphobe. (SRRY. CNT spell). Blessings & yes..great great **H O N E S T ** CHANNEL 👍👏😷😷🇨🇦
Guess i should start growing my own agian
keep consumers informed, thank you, I read all labels and check origin of product which determines my purchases; your video is very important to me
Buy from your local farmers. Eat what the land nearest you can provide.
Can you make a marketplace playlist, please and thank you.
Hi there. We’ve got a playlist of all Marketplace episodes. You can find it here: ruclips.net/p/PLeyJPHbRnGaZmzkCwy3-8ykUZm_8B9kKM
MARKETPLACE #1 CHANNEL! THNXS FOR ALL YA HARD WORK & GREAT REPORTING! 👏👏👍😷😷🇨🇦
Thanks for educating us marketplace, this is very sad 😢😢 for those who undergo with this force labour situations 😞😞
wow, this is why i been wanting to start growing my own veggies since forever but i don't have the opportunity.
I grow veggies on my 6x9 patio. If you can grow house plants, you can grow veggies. Or go to your local farmers market.
If you live in the city in a flat situated in a high rise apartment complex or generally living in the city, makes it difficult to grow your own produces, organically.
Because, you'd need the direct sun's exposure throughout the day, you'd need lots of space (unless you are happy with a handful of tomatoes every 4 months.
i’m not explaining my living situation the point is I don’t have the opportunity to do it, the rest doesn’t require me to go in depth of my situation. god dayum 🙄
@@bettyvanderhooven-schmaasc4235 did you watch the farmer market investigation too? They buy products off shelve change the packaging and sell it as organic products. They shady af too
Most veggie and plants are way easier and not very fussy. Like you just need to fertilize once a week. And water every few days. It’s not as extreme as u think. Don’t think you’re too busy or anything. If you really want to you could.
I think it's needlessly theatrical and confrontational to confront company reps about this or other issues. These aren't independently owned companies where one person, the owner, can answer for their singular actions or make decisions about the future. Anything like this is going to have to go through a board/committee of multiple people before action is taken or a response can be released. I have little doubt that the woman on the phone wasn't empowered to make a decision or at liberty to discuss confidential company info, nor that anyONE else at the company would have been either.
As consumers, we hold a ton of power...if we stood up to this and over packaging etc we could stop this...we have a voice, make it heard!
Too bad CBC doesn't provide legit credible evidence. In the end it's all hearsay
I worked at the Freschetta pizza factory. They use tomato paste from California shipped in wood crates then water is added.
After genociding millions of Uyghurs where did the rest for forced labor come
lol,
The important massage behind: Buy your local Ontario tomato!
Well, all this investigation proves is that it was the equivalent of a Kangaroo court.
wow….
Thank you for this amazing work
10:34 Wait... What?! No way!
*I'm a Filipino and I saw the product where we have that Filipino style Spaghetti sauce!
By the way, spain are also a "repacking" country of importance
What about the tomato growers in Leamington, ON and area? Most are Mexican temp workers and their living and working conditions are as bad as they are in Mexico. Quite telling that Marketplace did not report on these workers.
We used to have greenhouses in toronto. They were all abandonned about 30 years ago
Fresh tomatoes I buy in upstate ny say imported from canada :lol:
Dear Susan B , I didn't know this before !
Why!??@
@@sm3675 globalism. That is when they signed north american free trade. Suddenly we had mexican produce. Mexico is facing severe water shortages, like america, due to draining water basins for agriculture.
Ugh, my mom always ranted and ranted about the free trade agreement being the biggest mistake in Canadian history.
Adrian Zenz is one ballsy man for publishing his research
I'm in the Philippines my ghad! I taught our filipino style del monte the tomatoes are in the philippines only myghad.
Amazing work though! You guys seem to actually be making change where governments can't. Keep up the good work! we need more CBC marketplace teams!
Ya 100% Rite! I totally agree with ya. Very well said. THNXS👏😷😷🇨🇦
I understand that people want to know where the product we eat came from.
But consumer nowadays some don't care as long as the taste is according to their like and of course products is beyond their budget.
If a minimum wagers buys the bio that came from their own land for sure it costs 2 or 3 times higher than in supermarket.
Sustainability or bio products cost much and that's the reason why the masses still buy products in supermarkets.
We shouldnt import food we can grow ourselves because local food is healthier
I hear you, but with inflation and high minimum wages. Will you actually buy it vs the one next to it at a third or half the costs of the imported?
@@333KINGPIN33 i live on less than 17k canadian per year and yes i make the healthier choice
@@333KINGPIN33 you're very right. Fresh produce in those countries are very cheap, but it's expensive when grown here. I don't understand why. I buy fresh produce at my local Asian grocery stores.
@@susanb4816 That's honourable, I do hope you extend your moral compass to those you may donate too as well
Bruh if they can do it on 17k they don't need to donate themselves.
This is a reason I switched from Heinz to French's ketchup. Canadian tomatoes used. I always read labels and 'product of...' I would never want to buy tomatoes from exploited people.
I forgot about Frenches are their stance on this and using only our toms, thanks for reminding me, I'll only but theirs from now on too.
GOOD JOB GUYS 👏 GOD BLESS U!
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I just bought that tomato paste from whole foods about a month ago. ..
Great story but most people are not concerned where their food comes from. They are only concerned if the quality is good.
And I'm sure the point of this episode is to try and change that outlook
For those people if they’re not concerned with ethics I’d say, ‘they are part of the problem’, that’s why black market and underground activities flourish.
time to get tomato seeds
Yes and grow them in garden patches around your cities,
Permaculture buy once eat for years. And you know what chemicals were used on the produce.
buy local and pay more money or buy foreign and save on groceries?
Ugh... and I was hoping we could avoid eating trash by watching where the product came from... these label laws need to be revamped
Wow I wish I could eat at his restaurant. He really cares about what his customers are eating.
It's not just limited to tomatoes. Look at Apple's then move on to the other produce like avocados. It just keeps going and going.
Easy way to try and do the best is buy local, from local farmers. But it's not always clear if it is local or not but you have a better chance at the moment when buying at a farmers market stand or directly on the farm for sure
If you live in Ontario always look for that Foodland Ontario sticker!! Never buy produce from anywhere but Ontario. With the exception of Oranges from Florida and PEI potato’s!!!
Frankly how many people really care about the labor conditions where their food is produced?
I certainly don't. You can see this as uneffical, but it's not my department or responsibility to figure out how these things are produced. As long as I receive the correct product, I take no issue with how it came to be. If suppliers and buyers do it and can sleep on it, then I have nothing to concern myself with. My primary canned tomato product brand is Red Gold, and for better or worse, those tomatoes come solely out of Indiana🙄.
Well done!!
Surely Canada can supply all of it's own tomatoes?
That's is exactly why you purchase from local farms and farmer's markets.
Haha, check on that Adrian background and sponsor. OK... So much of your lowly way of judgement. When u interview anyone, check on his background, his sponsor, his motives etc.
How ironic
The world should watch it
This kind o content is helpful.
Great job Marketplace your investigative journalism is truly eyeopening and impactful. Please keep doing the good work.
I was undecided on this video.
Hi was wondering if saskatewan, Canada, coop stores use this tomatoes.
This is sad. I feel like every product use, wear, eat, it's almost impossible to avoid some percentage of slave labor. Even the devices we're watching this on are likely produced from raw materials that've been mined in some 3rd world country by children. What's the solution?
I commend you for this story and footage. You basically risked your livelihood and potentially your life. This is the news that needs to be in the forefront to help highlight the problems in the world. We need to make better choices with our money. Support your local farmers and business.
They are lightyear from the forefront.
@@haijiazhu3148 could you elaborate?
@@smushbrain If you can read chinese, you will find the chinese sentences presented in this video actually contradict the "messages" the marketplace would like to deliver.....
@@smushbrain And we do need to supprot local business... But I don't need CBC to tell me this.
@@haijiazhu3148 what do they say?
Grocery store tomatoes are always hard, unless you spend two bucks more and get the ones on the vine
where are your tomatoes grown? that's the point. tomatoes and other produce heading to markets days and weeks away are picked unripe
I’ll still eat it
Yummy 😋
People will always buy where it is cheaper if it's available.
Conagra, Hunts and French's for sure (possibly Heinz and some 'no name' brands) use local Ontario farmers' tomatoes in their products!
They also use southwestern Ontario factories to do so
Also tomatoes 🍅 from Italy!!! Research it!!! Can you also check Canada’s quality, growers/non GMO
Why place the onus on the supermarkets they are mostly consumers in a way. I believe these considerations and bans should be investigated and implemented by the government.
There are journalists here but not much journalism.
Bravo!
God bless Adrian Sims for his bravery in exposing this and Nick the restauranteur for using Fresh good in his foods. Thanks for this report, so important. I have stopped eating fresh, tomatoes store-bought except the ones we grew in the summer season, I do buy Italian preprepared sauces😒
Amazing work. This is what journalism should be about, not political agendas. Truly professional. Thank you
Tomato paste has never ever been available in a tube in Canada. Not ever! Strikes me as very odd?
They do sell it in select stores. I have seen it in Food Basics in the import aisle with the Italian products.