Food Labeling Outcry Following Chinese Food Scandals

Consumers and some members of Congress are looking to have foods labeled with their country of origin, so when customers pick up food in the market, they know instantly where it was grown or produced.

In the wake of successive food safety scandals -- several involving Chinese goods -- this common sense measure would give customers better ability to choose for themselves what they want to buy.

If this sounds familiar, that's because it is. In 2002, the last time Congress passed a Farm Bill, it included a provision requiring country-of-origin labeling. But the industry has been given a long time to comply -- until September. Of next year.

With Congress wrangling over another Farm Bill, in a year when food safety moves a notch up the priority list with each new revelation about the inadequacy of food inspection efforts both here and abroad, an old idea is getting a fresh look.

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