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Proposed organic food labeling standards have some crying foul

The Agriculture Department proposal may not take effect.

Proposed organic food labeling standards have some crying foul
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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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