Chicharrones Face Import Restrictions

Chicharrones face import restrictions...


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Chicharrones, the salty pork rind snack that is a staple of the fad protein-rich Atkins diet, are facing stricter import restrictions along the U.S.-Mexico border starting this week.

Today U.S. Customs and Border Protection will start enforcing new rules that make it harder for companies and people to bring chicharrones made in most Mexican states into the United States.

Local immigration officials say they don't expect many problems because Chihuahua is one of the nine states not facing a pork-rind ban.

The other states without restrictions on chicharrones are Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora and Yucatan.

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