Raspberry Importers Caught in Large International Scam

Reuters investigative report showed how food importers scam North American consumers.

American consumers and farmers are harmed by lax food protections on imported food as the raspberry scam out of Chile and China shows.

Raspberries grown in China were imported by a Chilean company, then packaged and labelled as Chilean-grown organic raspberries and shipped to Vancouver, B.C. and Montreal. They were then sold to consumers blissfully unaware that these…