I was wondering the same. Toys required to have Made in China but products we ingest does not.
“but products we ingest does not.”
Isn’t that odd?
And I was surprised that we weren’t aware that the pet food was Made in China - now I’m learning it’s what humans ingest, as well.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0707/16/ldt.01.html
“President Bush today signed country-of-origin labeling laws for food imports — five years ago, he had signed that. But incredibly, those laws are still not in effect. Powerful lobbying groups — imagine this — have managed to delay implementation of those laws until 2008.
“Kitty Pilgrim reports on why a law meant to inform and to protect consumers has been delayed into all but non-existence.
“(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
“KITTY PILGRIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Food from all over the world, consumers may like the variety, but they also want to know where their food is coming from, and they can’t tell.
“Laws enacted by Congress in 2002 to require country-of-origin labeling, so-called COOL laws, but powerful lobbying groups pushed back implementation of those laws for most products until 2008.”
So that’s why. K Street won on this one.