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Saturday, November 15, 2008

What Took So Long?

U.S. Restricts China Milk Products: FDA Forces Importers to Prove Shipments Contain No Melamine After Positive Tests, Jane Zhang and Alicia Mundy, Wall Street Journal

Posted by Barb at 10:50 AM
Labels: Food Safety, Our Outrageous Food Supply, Poison/Toxic Stuff

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I think we would all like this victory to go out to all the other guys, and I'm talking about the people in this city who are super good at their jobs but never get any credit. Like the lady in the DMV--that's a rough job. (Mystery Men, the Shoveller)

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