Potatoes and Fries

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ROFLMAO

 

And love the article too! ;=) Thanks a bunch!!!

 

Best,

 

Pat ;=)

 

> I did a google search to ketchup with the news on

> this. Here is a story on it. Thinking of how the

> government operates is so unapeeling as to make me

> spudder.

>

> While the idea applies to commerce and not nutrition,

> it is still half-baked. It us the logic of the USDA

> and makes it hard to root for them.

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OMG, Jerry, you crack me up!!! Thanks for the info even tho I still don't agree w/it. BethJerry Tenney <jthebear wrote:

Hey now!I did a google search to ketchup with the news onthis. Here is a story on it. Thinking of how thegovernment operates is so unapeeling as to make mespudder.While the idea applies to commerce and not nutrition,it is still half-baked. It us the logic of the USDAand makes it hard to root for them.Muchpeace,JerryJudge: French fries are a fresh vegetableBy IRA DREYFUSSWASHINGTON (AP) -- Batter-coated french fries are afresh vegetable, according to the AgricultureDepartment, which has a federal judge's ruling to backit up. But the department said Tuesday that theclassification applies only to rules of commerce, notnutrition, and it doesn't consider an order of friesthe same as an apple in school lunches. The ruling last week by federal District Judge

RichardSchell in Beaumont, Texas, allowed batter-coatedfrench fries to be considered fresh vegetables underthe Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. Mostother frozen fries had been on the list since 1996. Regulations under the law help to assure buyers ofcommodities such as french fries that they are gettingwhat they ordered, said George Chartier, a spokesmanfor the department's Agricultural Marketing Service.Frozen fries are fresh simply because they don't meetthe standard necessary for them to be listed asprocessed, and adding batter to the fries does notchange the classification, he said. The commodities act does not apply to nutrition, wherebatter-coated french fries are still consideredprocessed food. The department does not plan to repeat its experiencein trying to classify ketchup as a vegetable in schoollunches, Chartier said. The ketchup-as-vegetableproposal was put forward in the

Reagan administration,and the department dropped the idea after it founditself not only opposed but laughed at. The department's proposal to list batter-coated friesas fresh under the commodities act provisions waschallenged by a Dallas-area food distributor, FlemingCompanies. The company is in Chapter 11 bankruptcyreorganization, and the law requires creditors whosold fresh fruits and vegetables to be paid in full,while other creditors might get partial payment, saidFleming Companies' lawyer, Tim Elliott of Chicago. Fleming Companies plans to appeal, Elliott said. Thelaw was intended to protect growers of fruits andvegetables, especially small farmers, and the rulingmisconstrues the act's intent, he said. "It's unfathomable to me that, when Congress passedthis law in 1930 and used the term 'fresh vegetable,'they ever could have conceived that largefood-processing companies could have convinced

USDAthat a frozen battered french fry fell into thatdefinition," Elliott said. Although Fleming Companies sold the fries tosupermarkets, most are eaten in fast food restaurants,Elliott said. The coating makes the fry crunchy andadds flavor, he said. =====May the next person you meet see compassion in your eyes. Do You ?