Melamine contamination in Chinese food products made headlines in 2008, and the coming year will likely bring even more contamination cases: Although China has pledged to crack down on its dairy industry and the FDA has opened an inspection office in Beijing, the problem of contaminated fertilizer and animal feed extends far beyond China’s borders and will take years to solve. On the upside: While there’s no USDA rule for mandatory country-of-origin labeling on manufactured foods (yet), we’re definitely going to start seeing more food manufacturers using voluntary labels such as “Product of the U.S.A.”
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