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In the News: Pinkberry Settles; Japan's Butter Shortage

Posted by Emily Koh, April 15, 2008

• Fro-yo chain Pinkberry has agreed to settle and pay up $750,000 after being sued last year for bogus health claims and misrepresenting its product as frozen yogurt despite not meeting the legal definition. [NY Times]
• Japan is a market pioneer again: the first industrialized nation with no butter [Times Online]
• As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground [Reuters]
• The new biofuel rule will factor in to driving food prices higher, says Oxfam. [Bloomberg]

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