Everything is carried about and often back again --226

I know I jump about a bit on my subject matter,labelling, but this old chestnut has not been brought up lately, and I cannot for the life of me see that it has changed much since it was first aired.

Take the down turn in the price of beef cattle just recently, and what do you find in Tesco mingled in with the British beef, imported joints with almost identical packaging with no (very small) Union Jack. ???  

British food grown and packed

Food comes in from around the globe, then packed and labelled here,

All put into bubble packs, then Britain gets a cheer,

Stick on the labels, printed here, a union jack the lot,

It’s only the packaging, but the contents they are not.

Packaging’s the thing right now, it’s wrapped and wrapped again,

Keep the food clean and fresh, or that is what they claim,

Bin through many hands, and machines to wrap and pack,

Getting older by the minute, a use-by date on pack will slap.

Everything is carried about and often back again,

Out to distribution centres, finding jobs for men,

Wear and tear on tyres and roads, burning up the miles,

Costs all added onto their goods, customer pays up and smiles.

British food grown and packed, genuine through and through,

A clear label telling us, so we know on what we chew,

Local grown just down the road, fresh as the morning dew,

We need to know, it’s only fair, right now we haven’t a clue.

Owd Fred