NORFOLK -- Health and environmental concerns have sparked efforts to require genetically-modified foods or GMOs to be labeled. Last week, senators rejected a provision in a farm bill to give states ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – In the absence of federal regulation, states from Rhode Island to Hawaii are considering laws to require labels on food items containing genetically modified ingredients.

WASHINGTON -- Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea whether they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled, ...

In this April 24, 2014, file photo, Katie Spring rolls up plastic that was used to cover certain plants during the winter in a field at the Good Heart Farmstead in Worcester, Vt. Spring and her ...

Whole Foods Market has announced plans to become the first US retailer to require labeling of all genetically modified foods sold in its stores. In California, often called America's food basket, the ...

As pink slime walks in shame to the doghouse this week, another important movement that transcends many aspects of the beef and processed-food industries met a milestone. Just Label It, a campaign ...

May 8 (Reuters) - Vermont on Thursday became the first U.S. state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is expected to be ...

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living things that have had their genetic code artificially altered by scientists by inserting genetic code from another organism into their DNA. It’s still a ...

Grocery chain Whole Foods has announced that in five years time it will require labels for all products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO), a first among major American retailers. The ...

Proposition 37, the initiative to label genetically engineered foods, was discussed in an Oct. 17 article in The Union. What was missing from the discussion was a consideration of the health ...

Many of us read labels. Some of us may read them meticulously, or use an app to discern whether the product is good for us or not. The bottom line is that we are onto Big Food and their labeling ...