In article , Janet Baraclough
writes
A supermarket branch manager is near the end of the distribution line.
S/he is unlikely to select producers/suppliers and would have no
responsibility for, or knowledge of, checking their production methods.
That would be done further up the chain of supermarket purchase and
distribution, so your request should be directed higher up.

Any retailer is responsible in law to see that customers are supplied
with goods they pay for in the quantity, quality and condition claimed
for them when they are selling them.

In the case of organic food, the first thing they should be able to tell
a customer is that each item offered is certified as organic by carrying
the officially approved symbol. Organic regulations do not only cover
growing and harvesting methods, they deal with packaging, marketing,
promotion, advertising, transportation, sell by date and much else.

A supermarket manager is responsible for knowing how the goods are
delivered to them, that they have not been mixed with non-organic
produce, that the vehicle was of the required standard, and that the
deliverer and their own staff handled the goods correctly. They are also
responsible to see that organic goods are displayed properly as such on
their shelves and that they kept separate from other produce. Customers
are legally entitled to be able to make a clear choice between organic
and other produce, and they are entitled to be informed by the seller
that all steps have been taken to ensure that their purchases are up the
standards claimed.
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Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.