Leahy and Welch blast FDA labeling rule for maple syrup

Vermont Grade A Medium Amber maple syrup for sale in a Vermont gift shop. Creative Commons photo by Raffi Asdourian via Flickr
Vermont’s congressional delegation is pushing back against a rule proposed by the Food and Drug Administration that would require producers of pure maple syrup to put “added sugar” labels on their products.Sen. Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch, both Democrats, joined maple syrup producers at Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in Montpelier Tuesday morning to