Your appetite may be in danger ...

Don't read the article 'Recipe For Disaster --What’s (not) in a food label?' by Megan Tady or you may lose your appetite.

Some highlights:

• The FDA refuses to label food that has been genetically modified ...
  
• ... the FDA may not even know which food contains GM ingredients
• ... the USDA is allowing imported seafood to be labeled organic despite the absence of a standard
• ... with the Bush administration continually delaying country-of-origin labeling on food, we still can’t avoid products from places with dubious safety records.
• In April, however, the FDA proposed a plan to yank this label and allow industry to replace the eerie term “irradiation” with the more palatable “pasteurization.” And along with the word play, the FDA is considering removing the requirement for any label on any radiation that doesn’t cause “material change” to the meat.