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UF/IFAS research aids FDA decision to allow laser-light labeling of citrus

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Carbon dioxide laser-light “etching” to label citrus fruit may soon be allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, following University of Florida research that shows the process does not make the fruit vulnerable to pathogens or decay.

Filed under Agriculture, Business, Research on Thursday, June 14, 2012.