Final assembly is also where the final quality control is. Generally it works fine, but I’ve heard that cheating is very common in USA, they put some part on a product made in China, but the part is made in USA, and then they print MADE IN USA on that.
Most other places in the world, you can reasonably trust the label.
There was an investigative video I watched recently (I wish I remember the source, sorry), and they said that designer products which are “Made in Italy” quite literally only needs something like sewing on a zipper, to make it so, despite the rest of the product being made in China.
I recently ran into coffee that was a “Product of Canada”, and I know damn well that coffee beans aren’t grown here! At the very most, they could label it as “roasted in Canada” or “Packed in Canada”, but “Product of Canada” is a flat out lie (and likely illegal in this context).
I suspect a lot of “Made in” products are the same, but there are companies who are very transparent and will explain how their products are made, so I try to seek them out.
Final assembly is also where the final quality control is. Generally it works fine, but I’ve heard that cheating is very common in USA, they put some part on a product made in China, but the part is made in USA, and then they print MADE IN USA on that.
Most other places in the world, you can reasonably trust the label.
There was an investigative video I watched recently (I wish I remember the source, sorry), and they said that designer products which are “Made in Italy” quite literally only needs something like sewing on a zipper, to make it so, despite the rest of the product being made in China.
I recently ran into coffee that was a “Product of Canada”, and I know damn well that coffee beans aren’t grown here! At the very most, they could label it as “roasted in Canada” or “Packed in Canada”, but “Product of Canada” is a flat out lie (and likely illegal in this context).
I suspect a lot of “Made in” products are the same, but there are companies who are very transparent and will explain how their products are made, so I try to seek them out.