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To: Dale Baker who wrote (17048)	4/23/2006 10:52:28 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541849

California's higher standards on food labeling faced preemption by the feds- I think that is the main route such fights take. Here's a citation to the Calif. fight: sfgate.com So the state law is eviscerated by congressional action (after big businesses lobby to get protection from such nasty protections for consumers)

To: Dale Baker who wrote (17048)	4/23/2006 12:20:09 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 541849

Otherwise all 50 states could introduce 50 different standards for thousands of products. What I know for sure is that different states often regulate differently for health and environmental purposes, that manufactures don't like to have to jiggle their product specs for different states, so they often go to federal regulators to try to get a consensus national standard. A couple of items I specifically recall were laundry detergent and the nutrition labels on food packages. I imagine my memory would cough up some more in time if pressed. I also know for sure that federal regulator often use this as leverage to try to get higher standards.