FDA May Legalize Chocolate Fraud

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This is so wrong. The FDA is entertaining a “citizen’s petition” to allow chocolate manufacturers to substitute cheap vegetable oil for cocoa butter, and pass it off as chocolate. Citizens petition my ass. It’s straight from the Chocolate Manufacturers Assn., the Grocery Manufacturers Assn., the Snack Food Assn. and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn. Straight from K Street.