Article: Customs, FDA obstacles frustrate importers, distributors at Miami food show.

By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 3--A sweet herb from Paraguay that can substitute for sugar. Spicy oatmeal-raisin cookies baked with ancho chile in the United States. Nectar-like apple ice wine from Quebec. Organic coffee from Brazil. Indian curry and basmati rice, ready to microwave.

It was a feast for the taste-buds Thursday in Miami Beach at the seventh annual Americas Food & Beverage Show, when more than 400 exhibitors offered literally from soup to nuts for importers, distributors and others in the food trade.

The show was smaller than last year, however, partly because of ...

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