With 458 billion dollars worth of food manufactured in 2006*, it has become next to impossible for the Food and Drug administration (F.D.A) to efficiently monitor food packaging, labeling and nutrition information. A new system of monitoring is needed that will work alongside the F.D.A to create a more transparent and efficient method of monitoring food packaging. Through this website TheLabelMakers.org

have tried to create an online system that will allow every citizen to be actively involved in how we label our foods. However, the label makers project does not stop there, but goes one step further by using that information to help designers redesign existing food labels