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Guest
Good evening@ivan92
Ouch! Here comes the idiot Istanbul!
Do you actually buy organic products?
Nice, you are very creative, could you, if you like, adapt one of my avatars so that it fits into the ellipses, ovals or circles of the product descriptions!
Joking aside: Do you know the food laws and regulations? Everything is described there about what must or should be packaged.
Otherwise, you can ask the head of the cantonal laboratory (cantonal chemist) how organic... is handled.
Have a nice evening?
Istanbul
Guest
Does the food law state that organic vegetables must be wrapped in plastic foil from China?)
Hello diegohostettler. Your words don't say that anywhere. However, according to the Organic Farming Ordinance, Migros must ensure that organic and conventional goods cannot be confused during transportation, storage and sale. See chapter 8:https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19970385/index.html. This is done via the packaging. And since fewer organic products are still being sold than conventional ones, it makes sense in our view to package organic goods. This also protects it from contamination. When it comes to packaging, we always try to use the thinnest possible film and the most environmentally friendly materials. Best regards, Daniel
Guest
With the Bud label as an alternative, the open sale of organic products is possible and the "mountain of packaging" is smaller. The adhesive clearly distinguishes organic fruit from conventional fruit and consumers are free to choose how much they want to buy. The adhesive is solvent-free and adheres well, especially to water-repellent surfaces. For this reason, the glue adheres relatively strongly to the surface of apples and can offer some resistance when removing it.
And, the vegetables and fruit wrapped in plastic usually already have little molds on them. But very few people see it. And if mold is visible, that's just the tip of the iceberg. It sits in the warm plastic all day and sweats. It's unappetizing and unhealthy.
I understand that you have to be able to distinguish organic fruit and vegetables from conventionally produced ones. This is also trustworthy, because otherwise you could simply sell the conventional as organic when it no longer has enough organic and no one would be able to tell the difference, but there must be another way.
Guest
Hello@Alteshaus
Of course, mold should not form under any circumstances. Do you have a specific example of where this has happened? Then I would inform the people responsible in the store so that they can step up their checks.
If you notice something like this while shopping, you can always report it to the sales staff or contact customer service. They can then react as quickly as possible.
Best regards
Tanja
Hello Tanja
Thank you, I will continue to do that. But I'm not taken seriously if it has a little fur on the tips of the carrots or, especially the carrots, have a kind of stick stain, like gray, brown to light black spots all around the carrots. Or the ends are a bit brown and slimy. That's not bad...
E.g. Migros Paradies in Allschwil.
I also notice that the vegetables in the plastic bags spoil faster in the fridge at home than the organic vegetables bought open. In Manor, for example, you can find organic cauliflower that only has a rubber band around it with a paper label with the organic label on it. So apparently it is allowed after all...
Greetings
jm
Guest
jm you are allowed to sell organic openly. it just has to be clearly visible that it is organic! (mandatory labeling blah blah blah). the thing is migros chooses the unecological option and packs everything in an obstructive amount of plastic. it would be possible to use other materials for the packaging OR simply put a sticker on it. (as they sometimes do for bananas, for example, if I remember correctly)
Guest
"As reported by stern, pesticides and chemical plant protection products are used in conventional agriculture. This measure is subject to a strict ban in organic farming. In order to protect organic food in the supermarket from conventionally grown and chemically treated food and to prevent direct contact, it is now wrapped in plastic."
http://www.gala.de/lifestyle/galaxy/interessant-warum-werden-bio-gurken-in-plastik-verpackt_1536712.html