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"  You could be harboring an imposter in your pantry. Though it tastes delicious on your weekend pancakes, the maple syrup you so love might not be maple syrup at all. But don&amp;#039;t worry: Two New York senators are fighting to bring those who make products marauding as maple syrup to justice - as felons. More from Delish: 5 Maple Syrup Recipes  The Albany Times Union reports that New York Senators Kristen Gillibrand and Charles Schumer are supporting a bill that would make marketing artificial maple syrup as real maple syrup a felony. &amp;quot;Maple farmers across New York State produce some of the highest-quality syrup in the world,&amp;quot; Schumer told the paper. &amp;quot;We need to crack down on individuals trying to pass off fake syrup as the real thing, so that our farmers can compete fair and square. The only thing that should be flowing over mom&amp;#039;s pancakes is good, pure, New York maple syrup.&amp;quot; More from Delish: Kashi and Other Companies Sued Over Use of &amp;quot;All Natural&amp;quot; New York is second only to Vermont in maple syrup production, so the two senators are very interested in protecting the integrity of their product. Fake maple syrups contain no actual maple syrup at all but rather cheaper cane sugar syrup. Traditionally the act of mislabeling would be treated as a misdemeanor but under the bill, which is appropriately titled the &amp;quot;Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement Act,&amp;quot; aka the M.A.P.L.E. Act, and the crime would be treated as felony and merit a five-year prison sentence. More from Delish: Candy Corn and Other Natural Foods Maple syrup is not the first food to be faked. Truffle oil notoriously contains no actual truffles, but rather, according to the New York Times, is comprised of &amp;quot;mixing olive oil with one or more compounds like 2,4-dithiapentane...that have been created in a laboratory.&amp;quot; Blueberries have also been the subject of fraud lately. An investigation by the Consumer Wellness Center found that many products that claimed to contain blueberries - such as cereals, muffins, and bagels - contained no blueberries. Rather, the &amp;quot;blueberries&amp;quot; were actually a mix of sugar, corn syrup, starch, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors, and artificial food dyes. Even meat has come under scrutiny lately. Taco Bell was sued for advertising &amp;quot;seasoned ground beef&amp;quot; on their menus when in actuality the filling only contained around 35% beef. The rest was made up of binders, extenders, preservatives, additives, and other artificial ingredients. (Taco Bell countered with the claim that their meat was, in fact, &amp;quot;88% beef and 12% secret recipe.&amp;quot;   With fraudulent foods filling up our shelves, should culinary fakers be treated as felons? Or should we accept that many food labels contain implied quotations? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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