Proposed organic food labeling standards have some crying foul

Scott Tong Dec 29, 2016
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Proposed organic food labeling standards have some crying foul

Scott Tong Dec 29, 2016
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One to-do item for the Obama administration before it heads out the door is to issue new standards on organic food production. But the rules from the Agriculture Department may not get issued by Jan. 20, when the next president will be targeting rules like these. 

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