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What do food labels tell us about what we’re eating?

Phyllis_Robinson
April 17, 2014

How much do you  know about what’s really behind the different food labels we use when choosing which products to buy?
Confused about the difference between “organic” and “all “natural”?  “Free range”, “cage free”, “natural”, and “organic”?
What about free trade vs fair trade?
How do the top three Fair Trade certification systems, Fairtrade International, Fair for Life, and Fair Trade USA rank in terms of their labeling criteria, level of producer involvement, social justice standards, and overall integrity?
Click here to listen to Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Director of Consumer Safety and Sustainability at Consumer Reports and Kerstin Lindgren, Campaign Coordinator for the Fair World Project  discuss what’s behind the different labels on Your Call Radio.