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Food Safety & Labeling >> Food Labeling

For consumers to make rational food-purchasing decisions – whether based on nutritional, environmental, food safety, fair trade, local purchasing or other concerns – they need accurate labels. Labels related to food production are administered through a variety of voluntary and mandatory programs, and some lack oversight.

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Reports & Other Documents

How Much Do Labels Really Tell You?

Food & Water Watch fact sheet, April 2008.

U.S. Organic Standards fact sheet

Organic Trade Association, 2006.

Country of Origin Labeling: Theory and Observation

Economic Research Service (USDA), January 2004

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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Livestock welfare product claims: the emerging social context

P. Thompson, et al. J Anim Sci, September 2007.

A review of international labeling policies of genetically modified food to evaluate India’s proposed rule

G.P. Gruère and S.R. Rao. AgBioForum, 2007.

Food quality and safety: traceability and labeling

J.R. Lupien. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr, March 2005.

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Relevant Organizations

Consumer Reports Eco-labels center

Economic Research Service Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) page

Food & Water Watch

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Additional Tools & Resources

National Geographic – The Green Guide to Labels

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