While nothing can keep the doctor away, an apple a day has always seemed like a pretty good idea. But maybe that notion depends on which apples you’re eating. MoJo’s Tim Philpott on why American apples just got banned in Europe.

+ Vermont becomes the first state to require GMO food labels.

+ Be My GFF: Erika Lenkert (an accomplished food writer who has been gluten free for more than a decade and a is fellow parent at my kids’ school) is getting close to reaching her goal to start GFF Magazine. Be her GFF and support her Kickstarter campaign to launch GFF: Gluten-Free Forever Magazine.