Posted on 05/10/2009 8:57:06 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
California's pistachio producers could potentially boost research and promotion efforts and do more to combat disease, under Agriculture Department recommendations made public Tuesday.
The proposed changes will expand how the Valley-based pistachio industry regulates itself. Growers from Arizona and New Mexico will be folded into an existing marketing order, a grower-run organization which will gain new powers under the proposal.
"We're going to reduce the risk of a food safety crisis," said Bob Klein, manager of the Fresno-based Administrative Committee for Pistachios.
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Ping!
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Are these people nuts?
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Well, you are what you eat!
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When your state is on the verge of bankruptcy, create a huge new bureaucracy; sounds like California’s getting with the Obama program.
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