06/18/2010 05:42:00 PM EST
USDA touts tighter meat industry antitrust rules
ST. LOUIS –(AP) The Obama administration on Friday proposed new antitrust rules for meat companies that reflect a willingness by the USDA to shift the balance of power between farmers and processors and to regulate an industry long dominated by a handful of corporate giants.
The rules would place the sharpest limits on…
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