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Senators Propose Law to Make Fake Maple Syrup a Felony Offense
Fox News ^ | 10/26/11 | Anon (staff)

Posted on 10/26/2011 3:06:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

Senators from maple syrup-producing states are seeking a law to make selling the fake stuff a punishable offense.

Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, proposed legislation Thursday to make selling fraudulent maple syrup a felony. The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is called the Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement (MAPLE) Act.

Leahy stated in a press release that he is alarmed at the increasing number of people and businesses claiming to sell Vermont maple syrup but actually selling something "that is not maple syrup at all."

"This is fraud, plain and simple, and it undermines a key part of Vermont's economy," Leahy stated in the release.

Collins, whose state is the third biggest producer of pure maple syrup in the country, stated that fake labeling hurts the agricultural industry and defrauds customers "who have the right to know exactly what they are purchasing."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: crime; maplesyrup; senators
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To: bobjam

Buy the cheaper darker grades, rather than the lightest ones. They cost less, and have a lot more maple flavour.


41 posted on 10/26/2011 3:43:33 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: JaguarXKE

(How many hours of maintenance/repair are required for an hour on the road/track?)


42 posted on 10/26/2011 3:43:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: TexasCajun
We need a law against fake butter with tricky names

Look up Wisconsin Statute 97.18.

Three months in jail for serving "butter colored margarine in a restaurant, or to serve margarine to students, patients or prisoners without a doctors order or to sell margarine in less than one pound blocks.......

43 posted on 10/26/2011 3:47:09 PM PDT by Species8472 (999)
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To: JennysCool
We have all the laws we'll ever need.

I agree.

44 posted on 10/26/2011 3:57:46 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: Tax-chick

This will just increase the profits and violence of the syrup cartels.


45 posted on 10/26/2011 4:01:57 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I can see it now.
Swat team raid, not on a drug den, on a fake Maple syrup manufacturing sweatshop.
The horor.


46 posted on 10/26/2011 4:03:08 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (FUBO ( Real conservative or go fish))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“This is fraud, plain and simple, and it undermines a key part of Vermont’s economy,” Leahy stated in the release.


So let me get this straight. The Leftists want me to buy locally grown food so that I don’t harm the environment with all the shipping. Leahy needs to be consistent and insist that Vermont syrup needs to stay in Vermont...for the sake of the environment.


47 posted on 10/26/2011 4:05:02 PM PDT by paint_your_wagon
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To: shankbear

I hate to come across as a sap, but do you mind if I tap in to this thread? It just makes my blood boil.


48 posted on 10/26/2011 4:06:22 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (I'm sticking with Herman. No more second terms!)
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To: cripplecreek

The carnage will be dreadful. Blood on the snow. Bears!


49 posted on 10/26/2011 4:10:17 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: microgood

Yep this is a top priority issue, we all have been waiting for action.


50 posted on 10/26/2011 4:15:53 PM PDT by boomop1
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To: Past Your Eyes

And I see from your tagline that you’re “sticking” with Herman!


51 posted on 10/26/2011 4:17:11 PM PDT by free-in-nyc (Freeping from the heart of the occupation)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Sweet!!!!!


52 posted on 10/26/2011 4:24:42 PM PDT by shankbear (The GOP and the mass media are giving us another McCain......thanks.)
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To: shankbear

NO BLOOD FOR SYRUP!!!!!!!!!


53 posted on 10/26/2011 4:28:22 PM PDT by shankbear (The GOP and the mass media are giving us another McCain......thanks.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That explains the bumper sticker I saw on Sen. Leahy’s car: “Say No to Cain. Vote For the Real Sap”.


54 posted on 10/26/2011 4:29:51 PM PDT by bIlluminati (Don't just hope for change, work for change in 2011-2012.)
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To: bobjam

We tried Vermont Maple syrup years ago, when we owned an A-Frame in Killington, we didn’t like it. It was too sweet and expensive, so we went back to good old Log Cabin syrup.

Now I use the sugar free stuff.


55 posted on 10/26/2011 4:40:44 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland ( Obama, President of the Democrats and Joe Biden, VP are the top morons of the DNC.)
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To: bIlluminati

LOL


56 posted on 10/26/2011 4:43:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’m sure Senator Leahy will vouch for the 100% authenticity of that Cajun restaurant up there on the ski slopes of Stowe....


57 posted on 10/26/2011 4:47:28 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Tax-chick

Total smackdown!! That’ll leave a mark!!


58 posted on 10/26/2011 5:05:37 PM PDT by tal hajus ("Thank you sir. May I have another?" GOP)
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To: tal hajus

Why, thank you!


59 posted on 10/26/2011 5:09:07 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland
Don't worry Ma'am. We're from the Maple Enforcement Agency and we're here to help.

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60 posted on 10/26/2011 5:15:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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