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House passes ‘peanut parity’ for South Carolina

By Pete Kasperowicz
Published October 31, 2017 10:49pm ET
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House passes ‘peanut parity’ for South Carolina
The federal Peanut Standards Board was created in 2002 to advise the federal government on peanut standards. South Carolina is one of the top peanut-producing states in the nation, but was never given a seat on the board. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File) | Patrick Sison

The House voted Tuesday night to give South Carolina a seat on the federal Peanut Standards Board.

The federal board was created in 2002 to advise the federal government on peanut standards. But South Carolina doesn’t have a seat.

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