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These excerpts taken from the GIS 10-K filed Jul 11, 2008.
New regulations or regulatory-based claims could adversely affect our business.
 
Food production and marketing are highly regulated by a variety of federal, state, local, and foreign agencies. Changes in laws or regulations that impose additional regulatory requirements on us could increase our cost of doing business or restrict our actions, causing our results of operations to be adversely affected. In addition, we advertise our products and could be the target of claims relating to alleged false or deceptive advertising under federal, state, and foreign laws and regulations and of new laws or regulations restricting our right to advertise products.
 
New
regulations or regulatory-based claims could adversely affect
our business.



 



Food production and marketing are highly regulated by a variety
of federal, state, local, and foreign agencies. Changes in laws
or regulations that impose additional regulatory requirements on
us could increase our cost of doing business or restrict our
actions, causing our results of operations to be adversely
affected. In addition, we advertise our products and could be
the target of claims relating to alleged false or deceptive
advertising under federal, state, and foreign laws and
regulations and of new laws or regulations restricting our right
to advertise products.


 




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10-K (2 sections)
Jul 11, 2008
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