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Thanks very much. Those of you who are more scientifically inclined than I am...I worry about checmicals that other countries can use and still import them into our country for how many years???
Product not bearing the EU health mark label was not produced according to the requirements for export to the EU and is not eligible for export certification to an EU member state.
EU on the labels isn't European Union, it's french for United States(Etats Unis) and suggests that some of that particular label brand of fruit will be exported to french speaking Canada.
I did some googling and found out that I was wrong on that original post. I've changed the post with a link and quote to the new data. Still not a problem it appears.Oh THANK YOU!!! you have made me feel so much better!! I couldn't understand why we would import lemons in the first place but a lot of what we get here comes from Peru and Columbia. Weird, I know.
If you are worried about chemicals, don't buy ANY produce, no matter where it comes from, that starts with a 3 or 4 as even the USA uses pesticides on those produce.
If it starts with a 3 or 4, it has pesticides. Starts with an 8, it's GMO. If it starts with a 9, it is organic.
Here’s how I remember:
3 or 4 is a BORE
8 – I HATE
9 is FINE
If you are worried about chemicals, don't buy ANY produce, no matter where it comes from, that starts with a 3 or 4 as even the USA uses pesticides on those produce.
If it starts with a 3 or 4, it has pesticides. Starts with an 8, it's GMO. If it starts with a 9, it is organic.
Here’s how I remember:
3 or 4 is a BORE
8 – I HATE
9 is FINE
Where did you get this knowledge/info?
Can't find anything on numbers yet, but this site is interesting.
http://www.nationalfinder.com/fruitlabels/
Jillian Michaels Master Your Metabolism, but it is all over the net too. While 3 or 4's "may" not use chemical pesticides, there is no way to know that they dont. They are conventionally grown and "most likely" do. 9's are organic and they do use pesticides, but natural ones, not man made chemicals.
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/forecastearth/25/cracking-the-produce-codes.html
http://healthyhabitsetc.com/tip-reading-grocery-produce-codes/
http://news.consumerreports.org/hea...hen-to-buy-organic-fruits-and-vegetables.html
Could EU be the abbreviation for Estados Unidos (United States)?