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USDA Agrees To Buy Grapefruit Juice
Responding to a request from producers, USDA has agreed to purchase 34.8 million pounds of grapefruit juice, approximately 4 million gallons, from Florida producers. USDA will distribute the juice through its Food and Nutrition Service, which serves schools, Indian reservations and the elderly, and those in need following natural disasters. Because of canker-related federal regulations that restrict fresh fruit from being sold in citrus-producing states, more fruit than usual has been processed into juice, leading to oversupply.
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