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From: Jim Warren <jwarren@xxxxxxxx>
Date: June 15, 2004 6:58:23 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber:;, Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: "fresh vegetables" a la this administration's USDA

Complete story is at http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0615-02.htm

Published on Tuesday, June 15, 2004 by the Los Angeles Times
USDA: Frozen Fries Are 'Fresh' Veggies
by Andrew Martin

WASHINGTON - Anyone trying to add more fresh fruits and vegetables to their diet may have just gotten an unlikely assist from the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Based on a little-noticed change to obscure federal rules, the USDA now defines frozen French fries as "fresh vegetables."

A federal judge in Texas last week endorsed the USDA's decision in a court case.

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