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By Robert Longley, About.com Guide to US Government Info since 1997

Keeping US Safe From Plastic-packed Lobster Tails

Friday July 23, 2004
When an American small businesswoman received a shipment of Honduran lobster tails packed in clear plastic bags, she had no idea that this "heinous" violation of an obscure federal law would have her spending the next two years of her life... in a federal prison. Just another case of overly complex federal laws leading to the "over-criminalization" of America, says the National Federation of Independent Business. Forget terrorism, read about keeping America safe from plastic-packed lobster tails

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