<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richard:
The real reason is probably protectionism.
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I'm sure if is for more than a handful of products but is there any significant production of air-dried hams (and in areas represented by influential congresscritters) in the U.S.?
FWIW, how does the French/Basque
Jambon de Bayonne compare to Serrano?