Little deceiving???

[mowin]

Got a dehydrator for my wife.
Was getting ready to wrap it, and noticed this label.

 

[Bob Denman]

Perhaps, "Assembled in the USA, From All Sorts of Parts"; didn't fit... :dontknow:

 

[Chupaca]

Not a problem....

As long as the components were from our part of the Globe....:roflblack: and check the expiraion date on the world globe you use...most of them out there are wrong...:roflblack:

 

[JimVonBaden]

Meh, it just means a component or two is not from the US. Maybe the LCD screen or something. It is near impossible to get all parts for many things purely from the USA.

 

[Gray Ghost]

Even Harley has foreign components. And some "foreign" cars are made in the US while some so-called "American" cars are made elsewhere.

 

[mowin]

Oh, I agree it's difficult to find things entirely made in the USA, but that label definitely Leeds one to believe it's made in the USA. Most wouldn't even read the finer print.

 

[KosherKid]

That's not the United States of America. USA is a city in Japan.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Seriously: back about 50 years' ago, I recall hearing about stuff that was "Made in USA"...
Only it was supposed to be just a city in Japan! :gaah:
Urban legend, or does it exist? :dontknow:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

:agree: Seriously: back about 50 years' ago, I recall hearing about stuff that was "Made in USA"...
Only it was supposed to be just a city in Japan! :gaah:
Urban legend, or does it exist? :dontknow:

Google maps shows it to be! :thumbup:



The city exists. Is/was stuff made there and labeled "Made in USA"? :dontknow:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Google search shows that made in usa, japan is an urban legend.

The product in the OP appears to be properly labeled. It is what the FTC defines as a "qualified" claim in that it is clear that foreign parts are used. But a qualified "made in usa" claim can't be made if only a small percentage of the final product cost consists of US origin or labor. There is room for interpretation and fudging. In order to carry a label "Made in USA" with no qualifications on the label the product must be entirely, or very nearly entirely, made of US origin parts and labor.

Here's the official guidance.

https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-made-usa-standard

 

[wyliec]

I may be the only that doesn't care that much about where something is made. If I did, I'd probably have a different gf. But, I do understand that if something is mislabeled, I might get upset.

Of course, no foods labeled from China, per the gf because you don't know what they may have included, especially dog food.

 

[mowin]

I may be the only that doesn't care that much about where something is made. If I did, I'd probably have a different gf. But, I do understand that if something is mislabeled, I might get upset.

Of course, no foods labeled from China, per the gf because you don't know what they may have included, especially dog food.

Especially sea food.

 

[MRH]

My understanding is that anything that is "made" in any country is essentially assembled in that country. There are very few products that aren't international in nature. That also means that products made in other countries and for other countries are often part American as well. We're part of a bigger world, and while we may the ones wining about globalization, we're also the ones with a substantially large chunk of the global power and resources. I'm not complaining about that, but I do want to add some perspective to the conversation.

Most of us who would prefer something made in the country really aren't willing to pay the substantially higher costs for those products and services.

 

[JimVonBaden]

My understanding is that anything that is "made" in any country is essentially assembled in that country. There are very few products that aren't international in nature. That also means that products made in other countries and for other countries are often part American as well. We're part of a bigger world, and while we may the ones wining about globalization, we're also the ones with a substantially large chunk of the global power and resources. I'm not complaining about that, but I do want to add some perspective to the conversation.

Most of us who would prefer something made in the country really aren't willing to pay the substantially higher costs for those products and services.

In the US, Made in, means at least 50% US components and assembled in the US. The rest is just semantics.