Sent tesco an email saying I will be shopping elsewhere as they are buying products from Israel and I have received the following response. We understand that many customers have strong views, from a wide variety of positions, about the situation in the Middle East. As a responsible retailer, we take our duty to ensure that all our products are safe and legal very seriously. Our approach is therefore to stick carefully to UK Government guidelines, which recommend that products from the West Bank state either West Bank (Israeli Settlement Produce) or West Bank (Palestinian Produce). Customers are then able to make informed decisions about what they wish to purchase. In line with this, we currently have one own brand line of dates that is grown in Israel but packed in the West Bank, so the product is labelled as “West Bank (Israeli settlement produce)”. We are planning to stop using that facility from September this year and are not currently sourcing any other own brand products from the West Bank. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to explain our position. I appreciate that this may not have been the response you were hoping for, but please be assured that we will continue to monitor the latest Government advice on this issue. I hope that the above information is helpful. Tesco Customer Service
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:50:33 +0000
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