Foreign Frozen Veges

Having just read this article Pot luck on frozen veges – Consumer information – NZ Herald News I have to admit I don’t think I’ve ever looked at where my frozen veges come from. I suppose I naively thought that exporting frozen veges from thousands of miles away made no sense! Just checked my freezer – McCain Corn is grown and produced in NZ as are my Pam’s peas. My Watties chopped frozen spinach is a different story. Packaged for Watties NZ, distributed by Auric Pacifc Marketing in Singapore, Lucky Frozen in Kuala Lumpur, product of USA. Not quite sure how that works? Grown in USA, shipped to Kuala Lumpur and frozen, transported to Singapore (or just distributed by a Singapore owned company), sent to NZ? It was sort of a one off purchase, I bought it because I felt like Spanakopita My Greek Kitchen – Spanakopita. Feeling a bit guilty now over so many carbon miles for one meal!!