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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 02 > New food labels come with a price: $2.5 billion

New food labels come with a price: $2.5 billion

By Michael Doyle / The Bulletin
August 2, 2008

WASHINGTON — American companies will spend $2.5 billion next year complying with new country-of-origin food label rules, the Agriculture Department now estimates.

Consumers will pay, too. But in return, they’ll know more about what they’re eating. In the wake of a....

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