11.  Critics are pressing regulators and lawmakers to push for mandatory labeling of genetically altered foods, so that consumers will know what they are buying and eating.

12.  Dr. Michael Hansen at Consumers Union says that whether or not genetic material can be detected in soft drinks, they are genetically altered foods.

13.  Fear of profit-driven biotechnology has manifested itself first and foremost in the furor over genetically altered foods.

14.  Gathering and providing a list of genetically altered foods would be impractical, Sansoni said, because it would be too long.

15.  Hundley loved the specialized product, but was worried that consumers would shun genetically altered foods over the long term.

16.  It could also embarrass British supermarkets, many of which say they do not carry genetically altered foods.

17.  Many Europeans have said they will not accept genetically altered food.

18.  Namjose said a nation should retain the right to ban such altered foods.

19.  No genetically altered food has been shown to have harmed people, but opponents say that not enough research has been done to prove that it is safe.

20.  Now the United States and the European Union are locked in a fight over altered foods that threatens to explode into an international trade war.