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Food Suppliers Fixing Prices?; Palin Wine Sales Slow

• Are food suppliers colluding to manipulate prices? The Feds want to know. [WSJ]

• As of next week, much of the meat and produce you buy at the supermarket will be labeled with its country of origin. Eat American! [WSJ]

• Ever since John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his V.P., at least one San Francisco wine bar has had trouble selling glasses of Palin Syrah, an organic wine from Chile. [Serious Eats]

• State tax officials are cracking down on pizzerias and other small businesses in an effort to collect back sales-tax payments and shrink New York’s projected $5.4 million budget deficit. [NYP]

Food Suppliers Fixing Prices?; Palin Wine Sales Slow