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Functional Ingredients, December, 2007 by Starling, Shane
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Consumer concerns remain high, driving the grocer's decision
UNITED STATES California-based health-food chain Trader Joe's has joined the backlash against Chinese imports by announcing it will ban single-ingredient Chinese products such as vitamins and rice in its stores by January 1, 2008.
Trader Joe's, owned by the German billionaire Albrecht family, owners of the pan-European discount supermarket Aldi, said the action was in response to its customers' concerns rather than any particular misgivings the chain had about the quality of its Chinese-sourced products.
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