Can consumers trust "Eco-Labels"? I saw some vegetables labeled NutriClean in a Fred Meyer store today. It turns out this means that they test very low in pesticide residue. They claim "No detected pesticide residue" but that may be a little deceptive, as the best instruments can test below their threshold, but still it seems like a good thing. Of course, there is the organic label, now officially defined by the USDA, but organic covers methods, not results, as I understand it. Wind could blow pesticides onto an organic field from a non-organic one, for instance. Free Farmed is another eco-label, for animal products. It means the animals aren't mistreated. I haven't seen this one locally, but I would like to.