To Label or Not to Label ... That is the Question

One of the biggest controversies brewing in the field of genetic engineering (besides cloning of course) is whether to label foods that use genetic engineering in their production process.

The Federal Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has a policy in place that does not require foods with GE ingredients to be labeled. The agency recently updated that policy by issuing guidelines for voluntary labeling of these foods. There are a number of advocacy groups that would like the FDA's policy changed.

• Organic Consumers Association http://www.purefood.org/
• Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/%7Egeneng/structur/food.htm (their European site), www.truefoodnow.org(United Stats site)
• The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods http://www.thecampaign.org/
• FDA http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/biolabgu.html