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  • Debra Topham

Pacing the halls for details of Bioengineered labeling requirements

Join those who are anxiously pacing the halls because USDA proposed “bioengineered food” or “BE” term could replace “GMO”.  Timing of this “BE” labeling disclosure (requirements) will coincide with the FDA’s compliance date for nutrition facts and supplement facts changes.

December 1, 2018 looms as one of several major announcements for labeling rules in both the food and supplement industries.  That date marks the expected announcement of the USDA’s decision for how and what to label genetically engineered content of foods (and supplements).  This becomes the federal requirement to disclose “GMO” content on a majority of American foods, including those imported to the USA.  It was signed in 2016 as a replacement for the state-by-state requirements (like Vermont’s GMO law).

Watch the federal review progress at the Office of Management & Budget’s dashboard.

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