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Vt. Sen. Leahy to seek maple syrup protection law
 [Yahoo News] U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy...Democrat Senator-for-Life from Vermont, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, source of more leaks than a plumber could keep up with... says he's planning to introduce legislation to make it a federal crime for people to mislabel products as containing maple syrup. Well, by Gawd, that'll straighten the country out! Leahy said Tuesday the legislation is needed to protect Vermont's maple crop from fraud. Probably that and global economic collapse are the greatest problems the United States faces today... The move came in the aftermath of a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation that found a man who had been selling fake Vermont "maple" syrup, when the product contained no syrup. Did it contain any maples? Leahy's proposal would create a new federal felony offense and increase the sentences that prosecutors can seek for people who defraud consumers and farmers by intentionally mislabeling maple products. That's right! String 'em up! It'll be a lesson to the others! Leahy, a Democrat, announced his plan at the same time he was announcing the state had received a $70,000 federal grant to help market Vermont maple syrup. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-12 |
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