Editing French fries (section)

==Legal issues==
In June 2004, the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA), with the advisement of a federal district judge from [[Beaumont, Texas]], classified batter-coated french fries as a [[vegetable]] under the [[Agricultural Marketing Service|Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act]]. This was primarily for trade reasons; french fries do not meet the standard to be listed as a [[processed food]].<ref>{{cite web|date=12 January 2009|title=Country of Origin Labelling: Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5074846|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203003724/http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5074846|archive-date=3 February 2009|publisher=Agricultural Marketing Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44632-2004Jun15.html|title=Batter-Coated Frozen French Fries Called Fresh Vegetable|first=Ira|last=Dreyfuss|date=16 June 2004|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=28 August 2017|archive-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121101746/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44632-2004Jun15.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This classification, referred to as the "French fry rule", was upheld in the [[United States courts of appeals|United States Court of Appeals]] for the [[Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals|Fifth Circuit]] case ''Fleming Companies, Inc. v. USDA''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dm.usda.gov/oaljdecisions/vol63/vol63_at_958.pdf |title=Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act - vol63_at_958.pdf |access-date=16 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215013829/http://www.dm.usda.gov/oaljdecisions/vol63/vol63_at_958.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/04-40802/04-40802.0.wpd-2011-02-25.html |title=04-40802: Fleming Companies v. Dept of Agriculture :: Fifth Circuit :: US Court of Appeals Cases :: Justia |publisher=Law.justia.com |access-date=16 September 2013 |archive-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210031124/http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/04-40802/04-40802.0.wpd-2011-02-25.html |url-status=live }}</ref>