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Label that Meat

“Cloned-animal products aren't on store shelves yet — the industry won't begin selling them for at least a few months, after a government-recommended "transition period" — but when they finally do appear in supermarkets you may not even notice, because they won't be labeled. "The FDA does not require labeling if there [are] no food safety issues," said Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, at a January press conference. That's where Dr. Patrick Cunningham, the former director of the Animal Production and Health Division of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization, and Ireland 's current chief scientific advisor, comes in. Cunningham's 12-year-old company, IdentiGEN, specializes in DNA tracing of meat products — a process that can save valuable time during industry recalls, like the massive one on Sunday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) involving 143 million lbs. of

What's in the Food and Product Label?

I recently decided to include in this blog details of food and product ingredients I encounter everyday. You see, ever since I became ill, I developed this habit of looking into the labels of the food and other products I use. I am so into food processing information these days. Having said that, please allow me to emphasize the importance of knowing what we put into our bodies -- whether it is our daily dose of coffee, milk, chocolates, bacon, salad dressings, hot dogs, cereals, etc. What ingredients were used? Any chemicals? What are those chemicals? I shall also include ordinary toiletries like shampoo, bath soaps, detergents including products we topically apply to our skin, like make-up, deodorant, body butter, whitening formulas which are very popular here in my country. And why not ordinary household pesticides, mosquito repellants, bathroom cleaners, etc. The thing is I want to know more about food and product labeling. Do some research. Post it in my blog... Essentially, to s