Origins of ALL food and product ingredients should be on the label

[Rosa Luxemburg]

I was in Europe recently and it would appear that all ingredients of a product or foods have to be on the label. In the USA there is very little information on some labels. Perhaps the government could toughen up on each company so that they HAVE to include all info. The companies do know where they are getting the ingredients. For example they could own up to importing flour from China when American flour could be used or chicken in the pot pie from Thailand when we have chicken farms in the USA?

Artificial flavors and colors should be banned.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Pot pies don't necessarily have pot in them, this I know for sure. n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Indeed

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. I mean they could have, and you might end up eating several, but for now they pretty

much don't. :)

[MineralMan]

3. For many products, the labeling requirement you suggest would

have to be a small pamphlet attached to the product. There is simply no room on the packaging for what you suggest.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. not so

Europeans manage to get it

[MineralMan]

6. Really? Consider a normal-sized candy bar, as an example.

Lots of ingredients, very little space. Or a snack sized bag of some product. All must carry ingredients listings. Your idea would not be possible.

[Heywood J]

10. Contains:

Chocolate (Ivory Coast), peanuts (USA), potassium polysorbate (China), propylene glycol (China), etc.



God forbid they make a larger candy bar. They used to be big enough to fit that, and they still don't seem to have trouble fitting in the latest contest, web site, etc.

[Liberal Veteran]

7. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch. You must first invent the universe.

I don't disagree with the intent of the suggestions, only the vagueness of the regulation.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. More regulation

at least they can improve on what they have.

[glinda]

8. Yes. I agree.

[truedelphi]

11. K & R. THough actually Rosa, so far the wheat used that is from China

Doe s not contain any GM, as China doesn't allow for it.

So a shopper could also use the labels to buy the foreign stuff and avoid GM from America's farmers.

It has been harder and harder to eat anything. When Fukushima happened, M and I quit buying all the California cheese that we used to buy, due to the fact that some of it had to be radioactive.

And seafood from the Gulf could have Corexit. And on and on.

[IcyPeas]

12. GMOs

I would love to know if there are any genetically modified organisms in my food. They don't have to list that either.

[sam11111]

13. room on label problem- another solution or two

1. Flaps with regluable edge to reflatten after folding out----info printed on inside---see any Mitchum deod rollon.

2. Use footnotes--eg for the six things from china, just the no. 1 after each.

3. Print on the lid and base, where expiry now is.

Inside of label so after one use u have the basis for any new purchase. A so-so idea I know.

Also we shd make them fill in much more info on a standard form, so FDA can post that at the FDA site. Eg...reason for each ingredient...factory in say China that was the source..etc.

I would also like to ban vague terms like Natural Flavors - is that sucrose?

I love regulation- but nationalization or co-ops are the real solutions. Get the crooks entirely out of our economy.