Exactly.
Since many grocery store items don’t include the country of origin, I’m immediately suspicious. I then presume it’s China and someone doesn’t want you to know.
The other thing is, having grown the stuff myself, or bought farm fresh eggs that I know are only a couple days old tops,
and seeing how long they keep compared to how long the stuff from the stores lasts, it shows just how long the stuff has been sitting around in storage.
Potatoes and onions do NOT sprout so soon after harvesting. But when they do a few days after bringing them home, it speaks volumes.
And eggs that are runny and have flat yolks are NOT fresh. I’ve kept farm eggs in my fridge for easily a couple months with no deterioration in quality.
Some of the old sayings are still true today, like “You are what you eat”.