Mandated Choice Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dineen, faced with a growing lobby against the ethanol mandate, asserted that one of the positives is that, "most importantly [the ethanol mandate] gives consumers choice at the pump." But it's a mandate? Deceptive Labeling USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service has approved a label, certified by a third party, for meat and liquid egg products produced using feed not derived from biotechnology. It must be shown that the claim is "truthful, accurate and not misleading." Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration standard, labeling a food in this manner when there is no material difference between biotech and conventionally derived products runs the risk of being misleading. Since...

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