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May 24, 2007

Business, Congressman Promote Better Labeling

WTOK, 5/24/7 Is the label that says “100 percent natural” misleading? Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms takes pride in its ‘all natural’ chicken, putting it right on the label. The company and Mississippi Cong. Chip Pickering are part of a coalition trying to strip the term ‘natural’ off so called “enhanced chickens.” They have been injected with…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 24, 2007

Barbour stands behind grocery tax

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/23/7 Although Gov. Haley Barbour says he will probably propose a ?major tax cut? after the post-Hurricane Katrina economy stabilizes, it?s doubtful Mississippians will stop paying grocery taxes if he is re-elected. Asked Wednesday at a Clarion-Ledger editorial board meeting whether he believes in taxing groceries, Barbour said, ?I do.?