Organic watchdog reveals agribusiness conspiracy to mislead consumers over almond processing: NewsTarget.com

The Cornucopia Institute, a non-profit organization that promotes honest food and sustainable farming practices, has revealed details of a possible USDA arrangement with agribusiness interests to mislead consumers over the sterilization of almonds. The watchdog group cites new rules concerning the pasteurization of almonds as an "inside job," made without any real opportunity for public comment.

The new rules requiring all California almonds to be pasteurized would also place a heavy financial burden on small growers and family farms, ultimately putting many of them out of business, further concentrating control of the food supply in the hands of a few powerful corporations.

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