61.   The Agriculture Department is moving forward with a Clinton administration proposal to require ground meat to carry nutrition labels similar to those on boxes and cans of processed foods.

62.   The administration also is going forward with a Clinton administration plan to require nutrition labels on ground meat.

63.   The Bush administration is going forward with a proposal to require ground meat to carry nutrition labels similar to those on boxes and cans of processed foods.

64.   The department said ground meat varies so significantly in its fat and nutrient content that consumers cannot make comparisons unless each individual package is labeled.

65.   The White House on Thursday backed off an Agriculture Department plan to ease salmonella testing requirements on ground meat purchased for school lunches.

66.   The White House on Thursday backed off of an Agriculture Department plan to ease salmonella testing requirements on ground meat purchased for school lunches.

67.   Laboratory tests, to be released later Friday, showed the illness appeared to have been caused by staphylococcus bacteria in ground meat and cheese.