1.   American and European officials do agree that the treaty should not cover the labeling on store shelves of biotech foods.

2.   Aventis, a publicly traded company with headquarters in Strasbourg, France, has been caught in the middle of the debate over biotech food.

3.   Foes of biotech foods say altering the genetic structure can produce unanticipated allergens or toxins.

4.   Her advice to the university officials was to find simple ways to explain biotech foods to a public with a limited understanding of science.

5.   Monsanto now opposes congressional efforts to enforce mandatory labeling of biotech foods.

6.   Providing more information about bioengineered crops is also expected to remove some concerns about biotech foods, officials said.

7.   Some of the leading environmental groups, however, say they believe the new campaign will backfire because it will raise even more questions about biotech foods.

8.   Still, he and other scientists worry that hysteria around biotech food will lead to regulations so tight they will keep important scientific advancements off the market.

9.   The food industry, which argued that labels would unfairly stigmatize biotech food, applauded the plan.

10.   Until now, the debate about biotech food has largely pitted the United States against anti-biotech Europe, neither of which faces much hunger.