FOOD FIGHT:
Biotech Critics Watch the Watchdogs
Dan Ferber
Although genetically modified foods have been in the spotlight in Europe for several years, the U.S. public is just now waking up to the fact that such foods--corn, canola oil, and soy, to name a few--are already widespread on supermarket shelves. With that awareness has come increased scrutiny of the government's system for regulating the safety of these crops--and charges that the system is lax.