to lament this whole idea of living in America indefinitely. Granted, this reason is nowhere near as horrific as the war in Iraq, but true chocolate lovers, read on. From the Washington Post (article by Michael Rosenwald):

Chocolate Purists Alarmed by Proposal To Fudge Standards

Lines Drawn Over Cocoa Butter

Accompanying a 35-page petition signed by a diverse set of culinary groups -- juice producers, meat canners and the chocolate lobby -- the appendix charts proposed changes to food standard definitions set by the Food and Drug Administration, including this one: "use a vegetable fat in place of another vegetable fat named in the standard (e.g., cacao fat)."

Chocolate purists, of which there are apparently many, have undertaken a grassroots letter-writing campaign to the FDA to inform the agency that such a change to the standards is just not okay with them. More than 225 comments to the petition have been processed so far by the agency, and chocolate bloggers are pressing for more.

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