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Pennsylvania's Agriculture Secretary claimed that labels for rBST-free milk were misleading because you can't test milk to see whether the fake hormone was present.

Doug Sohn, the guy behind Chicago's wildly popular hot dog emporium Hot Doug's, has been slapped with the city's first ticket for serving foie gras, illegal to sell here since last August.

According to a database maintained by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, produce causes more illnesses than any other category of food.

To police the entire, $17-billion organic food industry in this country, the USDA has a staff of about a half-dozen people.

In 2002, Congress passed a law requiring country-of-origin labeling on all seafood, meat, poultry, and produce sold in this country.

Hardly a week passes when the government department responsible for the safety of our meat isn't forced to issue a mea culpa.

Pork production has its place in agricultural legislation. But lawmakers should concern themselves with swine that have curly tails, not those sporting Armani suits.