Nevertheless, the agency said it would strengthen its policies and would write guidelines for companies that want to label foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients.

Labeling such foods may be the best way to alert potentially susceptible individuals.

The campaign is using the same Hollywood hoopla environmentalists used successfully four years ago to pass an initiative to label foods and products containing toxins.

The ultimate recovery from an eating disorder is to get beyond labeling foods good or bad, Dear says.

Sponsor, S6426: Requires retail food stores to label certain foods with approximate miles traveled.

The Food and Drug Administration has required the food industry to label foods for their trans-fat content to reduce heart disease.

This campaign is aimed at creating laws that would require companies to label foods which contain GE ingredients.

This could ease the way toward labeling foods containing genetically modified organisms, something the food industry fears would be tantamount to a skull and crossbones.

If you have foods with added sugar, keep these as a treat; that also applies to any specially labelled 'diabetic' foods.

Removing the possibility of labelling foods with the wording 'may contain' is an affront to the consumer's desire for information.