Health

Battle opens on food labeling proposal
Lawmakers butt heads over plan to scrap tough state laws in favor of federal rules

Federal lawmakers on Thursday sparred over a bill to pre-empt all state food safety labeling laws that are tougher than federal rules, including California's Proposition 65, which requires food manufacturers to list any cancer- or birth-defect-causing substances in their products.

They want to take away our power to know what is in our food. Why do this when there is constantly battles over what has cancer causing agents in it. Why don't they want us to know what is in our food?