Congress tackles food labeling issue. From: Prepared Foods | Date: October 1, 1989| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1989 BNP Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Congress tackles food labeling issue

Everyone agrees on the destination; it's just a question of which route to take.

That about describes the situation as Congress gets down to work on mandatory nutrition labeling of all food products.

Virtually all segments of the food industry now have said they would support some type of federal nutrition labeling requirements, provided they guarantee uniformity among all states.

Action centers around two major pieces of legislation. The "Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989," was introduced in the House by Rep. Henry ...

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