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	Mandatory labelling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mandatory labelling (Commonwealth English) or labeling (American English) of consumer products enables moral purchasing and avoidance of health problems like allergies.
		With regard to food and drugs, mandatory labelling has been a major battleground between consumer advocates and corporations since the late 19th century.
		Because of past scandals involving deceptive labelling, countries like the United States and Canada require most processed foods to have a Nutrition Facts table on the label, and the table's formatting and content must conform to strict guidelines.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mandatory_labelling (337 words)

	Mandatory labelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Families Against Mandatory Minimums A national organization of citizens working to reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws for nonviolent (e.g., drug use) offenses.
		Families Against Mandatory Minimums National organization of citizens working to repeal federal and state mandatory sentencing laws that remove judicial discretion.
		B and M Labelling Supplies Offer solutions for all types of label printing systems and labelling consumables.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Mandatory_labelling.html (441 words)

	Mandatory Labelling Is A Bad Idea
		Both the existing and the proposed labelling regulations only require certain categories of GM foods to be labelled, and provide no context for why some are to be labelled and others exempt.
		Labelling supporters counter that there may be unidentifiable risks, and that their goal is simply to provide consumer choice.
		And animal feeds must be labelled if they are produced 'from' GM grains, providing a choice for farmers and their livestock.
	www.cei.org /gencon/019,03376.cfm (1167 words)

	Mandatory labelling -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mandatory labelling of consumer products enables (Click link for more info and facts about moral purchasing) moral purchasing and avoidance of health problems like (Click link for more info and facts about allergies) allergies.
		The (An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members) European Union equivalent is the slightly different "Nutrition Information" table, which may also be supplemented with standardized icons indicating the presence of (Any substance that can cause an allergy) allergens.
		In (A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world) China all (A covering designed to be worn on a person's body) clothing is labelled with the factory of origin, including telephone and fax numbers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Mandatory_labelling.htm (484 words)

	Council for Biotechnology Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Consumers have reason to be disappointed by a report, which shies away from mandatory labelling of GM foods such as corn, potatoes, tomatoes, squash and other crops.
		Mandatory labelling would promote informed choice for consumers, and help to reassure a skeptical public that neither the industry nor the government has anything to hide.
		Mandatory labelling would be a good start in building public confidence about the safety and regulation of GM foods.
	www.whybiotech.com /html/Canada1-92702.HTM (449 words)

	HVAC - Mandatory labelling, room airconditioners
		The EnerGuide label must be 13.49 centimetres wide by 14.76 centimetres long (5 5/16 inches by 5 13/16 inches).
		The paper on which the label is printed may be larger but the frame of the label cannot exceed the above size.
		The use of the Canada wordmark formally identifies the label as a requirement of the government of Canada and thus increases the credibility and impact on consumers of the EnerGuide rating.
	oee.nrcan.gc.ca /equipment/English/page164.cfm?PrintView=N&Text=N (960 words)

	WTO \| Technical Barriers to Trade - TBT Learning Event on Labelling
		The Brazilian Labelling Programme (BLP) is part of a voluntary energy conservation programme, which aims at informing consumers about the energy efficiency of some of the main electronic devices used in the country, through the use of informative labels that rank the products from "A" (most efficient) to "G" (least efficient).
		The trend toward mandatory and /or voluntary regimes coordinated on a multilateral and regional scale is discussed.
		Points for consideration with regard to labelling for food in a manner that does not generate trade barriers are offered, including having a scientific basis for the requirements, harmonization of requirements and use of recognized standards.
	www.wto.org /english/tratop_e/tbt_e/event_oct03_e/labelling_oct03_prog_e.htm (1575 words)

	Official Report * 1120 * Number 056 (Official Version) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I would like to reiterate the fact that mandatory labelling is a response to a basic right and that is that Canadians want to know what they eat.
		Opponents of labelling say there are already too many genetically modified foods on our store shelves to make labelling meaningful, that the horse is out of the barn and that it is too late to fix the stable door.
		There are a significant number of consumers, people in agriculture in particular, who say that mandatory labelling is not required and let consumer demand, through the retailer and the wholesaler, make the case.
	www.parl.gc.ca /37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/056_2001-05-07/han056_1120-e.htm (642 words)

	Consumer Groups Press for Mandatory Labelling of GM Food
		Buoyed by a string of recent campaign successes, consumer groups around the world are now demanding mandatory labelling of genetically modified (GM) food as they mark World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, reflecting growing concern about the unregulated production and trade of GM food crops.
		Mandatory labelling, insist the groups, would enable consumers to make informed choices û a basic consumer right.
		''Labelling is the key issue,'' conceded a spokesperson for a Monsanto subsidiary to the press.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines/031400-01.htm (1190 words)

	Genetic Engineering Letter and Petition
		Mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods would recognize Canadians' right to choose what we eat - for ethical, health and environmental reasons.
		Mandatory labelling is rapidly becoming a global standard.
		While federal labelling legislation may be preferable due to considerable movement of food across provincial borders, the federal government is not at this time pursuing a policy of mandatory labelling.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /spec/spec/ge/letter&petition.htm (1773 words)

	GMOs: Mandatory labelling would add millions to shopping bill
		Jenny Hillard, vice-president of the Consumers Association of Canada (CAC), has told the House of Commons agriculture committee that her lobby group is neither for nor against mandatory labelling and that a law requiring mandatory labels for genetically modified food would not necessarily give consumers more market choice.
		She further said that reports that the CAC opposes GM labelling are wrong and that the issue is which type of labelling would give consumers the most information.
		Hillard was cited as saying she is not advocating mandatory labels but "the final study came out with numbers which...
	www.bakeryandsnacks.com /news/news-NG.asp?id=43535 (539 words)

	Mandatory labelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In China all clothing is labelled with the factory of including telephone and fax numbers.
		Voluntary labelling and co-marketing of products deemed is another matter usually carried out by different means e.g.
		An interesting halfway is those labels that considered mandatory by one buying population and preclude purchase if they are not there kosher vegan and the aforementioned GMO-free label now on many organic products.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mandatory_labelling (389 words)

	Council for Biotechnology Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reading the labels on food and drink purchased at supermarkets or convenience stores has become a ritual for some shoppers.
		Advocates of mandatory labelling believe people should be fully aware of the nature of the food they eat.
		Mandatory labelling is likely to be implemented eventually.
	www.whybiotech.com /html/Canada6-92702.HTM (349 words)

	Packaging and labelling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Labelling (CwE) or labeling (AmE) refers to any written or graphic communications on the packaging or on a separate label.
		An example is pharmaceutical products, where some types of information are required by governments.
		Marketing - The packaging and labels can be used by marketers to encourage potential buyers to purchase the product.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Packaging_and_labelling (442 words)

	Elevators fear segregation standstill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The prairie grain handling system would be paralyzed if the federal government imposed mandatory labelling requirements on genetically modified grain varieties, says a representative of the elevator industry.
		Guest was one of a number of food industry representatives to join the parade of witnesses before the committee this winter to argue against mandatory labelling.
		During the last week of February, critics of mandatory labelling before the agriculture committee included the Canola Council of Canada, Grain Growers of Canada, Health Canada, the Ontario farm group AgCare, millers, bakers and the biotechnology industry lobby group BioteCanada.
	www.biotech-info.net /standstill.html (321 words)

	GMWatch.org
		Ottawa knows that Canadians want a mandatory labelling policy and it is high time that this government did something about it," said Nadège Adam of the Council of Canadians.
		People who don't want to eat these untested products should be able to avoid them, but without mandatory labelling they can't." The Royal Society of Canada expert panel agreed that GE foods were not regulated strongly and that the system needed an overhaul.
		The voluntary labelling committee is but one in a long list of government manoeuvres aimed at avoiding a mandatory labelling policy.
	www.gmwatch.org /archive2.asp?arcid=1407 (659 words)

	Canada confirms mandatory cosmetics labelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Health Canada has confirmed that the labelling of all ingredients on cosmetics products will become compulsory in the course of the next two years, bringing the country in line with the United States and Europe.
		The government body has allowed a two-year implementation period for industry to comply with the new requirements, as published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, 1 December 2004, and all cosmetic companies must fully comply by 16 November 2006.
		Under the proposed amendments, ingredients must be disclosed on the cosmetic labels using recognised names from the INCI system, which is already widely used in the United States, the European Union, Japan, and a number of other countries.
	www.nutraingredients-usa.com /news/news-ng.asp?n=56616-canada-confirms-mandatory (583 words)

	Information Directory mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There's no mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods, and that...
		The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods is leading a national grassroots campaign to convince Congress to label genetically engineered foods.
		Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods On 28 July...
	www.find-it-in-1.com /labelling/mandatory-labelling-of-genetically-modified-foods.htm (590 words)

	Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia -- News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fifty five nations are involved in the ongoing debate on Genetic Modification (GM) labelling in the five-day 33rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) co-hosted by Malaysia and Canada, which began, here, on Monday.
		All these countries, he said, are feeling the pressure from consumers who want to see the labels because they want to know what they are eating.
		Cuming said Canada, which opposed GM foods labelling guidelines in the past, has brought in its own legislation that is voluntary.
	www.dailyexpress.com.my /news.cfm?NewsID=34423 (751 words)

	GE Food Alert Campaign Center - Headlines
		Liberal MP Charles Caccia says he's confident Canadians' growing appetite to know what they are eating will force the Liberal government to bite the bullet on mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods.
		The bill was defeated last fall by a vote of 126-91, but only after the government agreed to ask the Commons health committee to investigate the issue and report before Parliament recesses for the summer.
		Stewart Wells, president of the National Farmers Union, says the committee is so label- unfriendly that he encountered "hostility" when he made his pitch in favour of mandatory labelling, arguing it is critical to maintaining confidence in the food chain.
	www.gefoodalert.org /News/news.cfm?News_ID=3233 (376 words)

	Take Action: Mandatory labelling of GE foods: a Quebec Liberal government promise! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Not only was mandatory labelling a firm promise of your party but you also personally promised to implement mandatory labelling during the last provincial electoral campaign.
		It is clear that the government of Quebec has massive support from the population of Quebec on this issue and as such should feel obligated to go ahead with implementing GE mandatory labelling and this, even without the approval of the federal government.
		Françoise Gauthier, to quickly submit to the Commission on Agriculture a proposal to establish GE mandatory labelling standard harmonized with that of the European Union, and that it be reviewed and debated publicly.
	www.greenpeace.ca /e/action/sendcharest/charest_ogm_eng.php (606 words)

	CBC News:Consumers' Association changes course on GM labelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CALGARY - The Consumers' Association of Canada says Canadians want mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods and that it will ask the federal government to introduce legislation making labelling of genetically modified foods mandatory.
		However, until the CAC released this poll, it had been against mandatory labelling.
		In March 2002, the organization told CBC-TV's Marketplace that it opposed mandatory labelling because it would not be done correctly.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/12/03/Consumers/gmolabel031203 (290 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An Agriculture Canada statement on the labelling issue, tabled in Parliament in early November without public announcement, insisted that it is best left to the industry to decide whether to label for GM content.
		"The adoption of mandatory labelling system by Canada could have a significant impact on its trade relationship with its largest agricultural trading partner, the United States, which does not support mandatory labelling of biotechnology-derived foods," said the departmental response.
		It's disgusting." Some trade officials have warned that a mandatory labelling regime in Canada likely would be challenged by the U.S. as a new trade barrier that contravenes NAFTA rules.
	www.connectotel.com /gmfood/wp211102.txt (414 words)

	Statement delivered by Julian Edwards, Director General, Consumers International, before the CODEX committee on Food ...
		It is not acceptable that the value judgements of Codex officials or of this meeting, or of a court or dispute resolution procedure should take precedence over the right of ordinary people to be properly informed and make their own choices based on their own values.
		The principle that process is a legitimate reason for labelling has already been accepted by this very Committee in relation to irradiation, halal, and organic foods.
		The purpose of this lawsuit is to force the US government to introduce mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods.
	www.pmac.net /julian.htm (1002 words)

	The GMO debate: 12 questions to ask, question #8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the other hand, the industry fields surrogates who deceptively claim they are in favor of labelling but throw all kinds of objections and conditions to delay a mandatory labelling regime as long as possible.
		The mandatory GMO labelling that consumers want provides adequate information which indicate the percentage contamination and the source of the various foreign genes present in the food.
		Even local food producers need mandatory labelling very badly, to enable them to use certified GMO-free food ingredients and therefore compete much better in the international market, where a GMO-contaminated label is a kiss of death.
	www.bwf.org /bk/pamayanan/gmo_q08.html (976 words)

	CPN-News Center-EGGS: EU EXPERTS VOICE RESERVATIONS ON MANDATORY LABELLING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Six EU Member States have expressed reservations on the mandatory labelling of eggs, considering the current system sufficiently effective for consumers.
		The countries opposing such provisions are the same as those against mandatory labelling of eggs.
		The Commission has proposed that mandatory labelling apply to all eggs marketed in the EU, including those originating in third countries (with exceptions, however), and a broad majority of delegations appear to be in agreement.
	www.chinapacknet.com /packnews/newscenter/2000120410500.htm (438 words)

	Mandatory Labelling of GMOs
		Mandatory labelling is meant to help people control their food supply, and could lead to more ethical and democratic market practices.
		It is based on the premise that provincial governments have the right to protect the safety and health of their citizens.
		With the deadline for comment now past, it is up to public interest groups and individuals to show their support for labelling of GMOs in British Columbia.
	www.vcn.bc.ca /spec/spec/ge/labelling.htm (415 words)

	PBS - harvest of fear: viewpoints: are gm foods sufficiently regulated in the u.s.? should there be mandatory labelling?
		If you're going to label anything in a food, you have to be able to enforce the truthfulness of that labeling.
		But those are the kinds of issues that any labeling initiative is going to have to face and they are not easy issues.
		If we are going to implement labeling at a broad scale, that means that we are going to have to deal with the issue of identity preservation and traceable systems.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/harvest/viewpoints/regulated.html (3228 words)

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