wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:12:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> On Oct 6, 1:36 pm, wrote:
>>> (As for me, I ain't eating NOTHIN grown in Mexico and Central America)
>>>
>>> http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5959494&page=1
>>>
>>> Food Rules: Labels Must Now Give Origin
>>> Stricter Rules for Labeling Follow Series of Contamination Scandals
>>> By ELIZABETH LEAMY and KRISTEN RED-HORSE
>>> Oct. 5, 2008
>>>
>>> New regulations at U.S. supermarkets are giving consumers the
>>> knowledge they have been asking for—where the fresh food they buy
>>> originates.
>>>
> face fines up to $1,000.
>>> Besides being a better way to track meats and produce the law could
>>> make people more aware of their actions. Buying locally grown products
>>> could infuse the local economy. It also lessens the food's carbon
>>> imprint since the trip from the farm to the market is shorter
>> Come now, you must savor diversity including biologicals i.e.
>> salmonella, etc.
>>
>> Walter Hudson
>
> And not all foods are listed. Coffee for example that may be a blend
> of several sources, does not have to acknowledge all the sources, so
> although you'll know in Hawaii that a Kona Blend needs to contain 10%
> REAL Kona, it has no bearing elsewhere and of course, we never have to
> say EVER what 90% of the bag ever is- in Hawaii. COOL is a good first
> step but not THE answer.
>
> aloha,
> beans- a coffee grower....
> roast beans to kona to email
> farmers of Pure Kona

Seems like a government-imposed, silly waste of time and money to me.
And what does it have to do w/ tx.guns?