Food Labeling

Children

1.	Food Labels Tell the Story! National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/food3.htm




2.	Figuring Out Food Labels Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/labels.html

Health Check Tools

1.	Test Your Food Label Knowledge! Food and Drug Administration http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flquiz1.html

Law and Policy

1.	Organically Grown Foods: Evaluate Your Options Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=NU00255




2.	Organic Food Standards and Labels Dept. of Agriculture http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Consumers/brochure.html




3.	Claims That Can Be Made for Conventional Foods and Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/hclaims.html

National Institutes of Health

1.	Reading Food Labels National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/Tipsheets/reading-labels-tips.htm

Newsletters/Print Publications

1.	Dietary Supplements/Food Labeling Electronic Newsl Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fda-dsfl.html

Organizations

1.	Food and Nutrition Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/




2.	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html




3.	Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/

Overviews

1.	Deciphering Food Labels Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/food_labels.html




2.	How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Labe Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodlab.html

Related Issues

1.	FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove "Hormo Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00943.html




2.	Serving Sizes in the Food Guide Pyramid and on the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/Insights/Insight22.PDF

Research

1.	FDA to Encourage Science-Based Labeling and Compet Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00923.html

Specific Conditions

1.	Read the Food Label for Sodium! National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhbpep_kit/label.htm




2.	Questions and Answers about Trans Fat Nutrition La Food and Drug Administration http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qatrans2.html




3.	Label Reading Tips...How to Find the Hidden Sodium Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Foundation http://www.ndif.org/na6.html




4.	Skimming the Milk Label Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/198_milk.html

Teenagers

1.	What Do Food Labels Really Say? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/food_labels.html