GMOs

This week in food news, antibiotic use crops up where you’d least expect it, the White House assistant chef may be furloughed, historians debate Margaret Thatcher’s role in the creation of soft serve and McDonald’s deals with its disgruntled employees. All the news that's fit to, um, chew on, right this way.

The Washington Post featured an enlightening interview with Whole Foods Market CEO Walter Robb, discussing his company's decision to require any products containing genetically modified organisms, GMO's, to be labeled by 2018 in order to be stocked at the company's 300-plus stores. Robb's thoughts crystallize this growing and oddly contentious debate about whether consumers have the right to know if GM ingredients are used in the products they're buying.

Heinz, GMOs and Monsanto join horse meat in the headlines this week. What's the fate of everyone's favorite ketchup? Read more after the jump.