Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service
This rule establishes the new national mandatory bioengineered (BE) food disclosure standard (NBFDS or Standard). The new Standard requires food manufacturers, importers, and other entities that label foods for retail sale to disclose information about BE food and BE food ingredients. This rule is intended to provide a mandatory uniform national standard for disclosure of information to consumers about the BE status of foods. Establishment and implementation of the new Standard is required by an amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 66 [Doc. No. AMS-TM-17-0050] RIN 0581-AD54 AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule establishes the new national mandatory bioengineered (BE) food disclosure standard (NBFDS or Standard). The new Standard requires food manufacturers, importers, and other entities that label foods for retail sale to disclose information about BE food and BE food ingredients. This rule is intended to provide a mandatory uniform national standard for disclosure of information to consumers about the BE status of foods. Establishment and implementation of the new Standard is required by an amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. DATES: Effective Date: This rule becomes effective February 19, 2019. Implementation Date: January 1, 2020. Extended Implementation Date (for small food manufacturers): January 1, 2021. Voluntary Compliance Date: Ends on December 31, 2021. Mandatory Compliance Date: January 1, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arthur L. Neal, Jr, Deputy Administrator, Transportation and Marketing Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Room 4543-S, Washington, DC 20250; email: Arthur.Neal@usda.gov ; telephone: 202-690-1300; or fax: 202-690-0338. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 29, 2016, Public Law 114-216 amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq. ), as amended (amended Act), by adding Subtitles E and F. Subtitle E of the am…
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Citation: 83 FR 65814
