New Food Regulations

Remember the infamous Farm Bill of 2008? Well, your memory may soon be refreshed—in the produce aisle, where you are likely to see a slew of new food labels specifying where your apples, oranges, and mangoes grew. Thanks to regulations solidified last September, it is now mandatory for producers of perishable fruits and vegetables to indicate in what country their edibles originated. While some retailers have long included such information, others scrambled to satisfy the regulation, which went into effect on March 16. So go ahead and fill your shopping cart with locally-grown produce to your heart’s content!