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Listed Alphabetically by Title
(with ratings on a scale of 0 to 25)
 

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22/25 Council for Biotechnology Information
What biotechnology is, benefits of biotechnology, regulations, news, FAQs, events calendars, and other links.
http://www.whybiotech.com/
 
23/25 Food and Nutrition Information Center--Food Science and Technology
An USDA information center that provides information on Food Science and Technology including associations & organizations, careers & education, food biotechnology, food standards, and learning center links.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000103.html
 
15/25 Imagine Foods
This site goes into issues such as organic ingredients, isoflavones, genetically modified organisms, etc. There are several pages describing their products, such as soy milk, rice milk, soy frozen desserts, and organic soups and broths.
http://www.imaginefoods.com/
 
21/25 International Food Information Council Foundation
Various topics on biotechnology are covered, including an overview, product labeling, traditional crop breeding, regulatory issues, and benefits.
http://www.ific.org/food/biotechnology/index.cfm
 
18/25 National Organic Program
A background and history of the National Organic Program, and the recent National Standards on Organic Agricultural Production and Handling.
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/
 
19/25 Natural Selection Foods
Organic produce information.
http://www.nsfoods.com/index.html
 
21/25 Organic Consumers Association
Information on genetically engineered food, organic foods, events, articles & links, food irradiation, bovine growth hormones, green living versus corporate control, cloning and patents, and pure food locations.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/organlink.htm
 
20/25 The Alliance for Better Foods
Biotechnology resources, benefits of biotechnology to the environment and human health, news, government regulations, and expert views.
http://www.betterfoods.org/
 
19/25 The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
A campaign designed to make labeling genetically engineered food a reality. Includes legislation in the U.S. Congress to label genetically engineered food, articles, ordering books and tapes, what foods are genetically engineered, and a newsletter.
http://www.thecampaign.org/
 
15/25 USDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Provided is regulatory, food labeling, consumer, and additional information on biotechnology.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/biotechm.html
 

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