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KOB-TV.com - Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4; Taryn Bianchin, KOB.com - A bill making its rounds through the Legislature protects the authenticity of New Mexican grown chiles. House Bill 485, the “New Mexico Chile Advertising Act,” would make it illegal for anyone selling chile to claim the peppers were grown in-state if they were actually imported from outside New Mexico. Violators would be charged with deceptive trade practices. The House Agriculture Committee recently approved the measure and now the bill moves to the Judiciary Committee. From there, it will move to the House for a vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Andy Nunez, is from Hatch Read more
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If it says New Mexico chile, it better be
From KOB-TV.com - Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4; Taryn Bianchin, KOB.com - A bill making its rounds through the Legislature protects the authenticity of New Mexican grown chiles. House Bill 485, the “New Mexico Chile Advertising Act,” would make it illegal for anyone selling chile to claim the peppers were grown in-state if they were actually imported from outside New Mexico. Violators would be charged with deceptive trade practices. The House Agriculture Committee recently approved the measure and now the bill moves to the Judiciary Committee. From there, it will move to the House for a vote. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Andy Nunez, is from Hatch Read more News New Mexico
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It's about time someone did something about this. Each year several tractor trailers full of Texas chili show up and are sold in Hatch under false pretenses. It's a disgraceful practice and outright deliberate deceit.
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