United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2018_register executive 2019-04-02 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1a03aa283 D09002ee1a03aa345 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Agricultural Marketing Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency 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. 83 FR 65814 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-12-21/2018-27283 2018-27283 fr21de18-25 RIN 0581-AD54 P Doc. No. AMS-TM-17-0050 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-12-21/2018-27283 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-21/html/2018-27283.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-21/pdf/2018-27283.pdf Agricultural Commodities Bioengineering Food Labeling Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 63 p. 65814 65876 83 FR 65814 Title 7 Part 66 7 CFR Part 66 RIN 0581-AD54 National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard; Federal Register Vol. 83, Issue RULE 2018-27283 II DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2019-02-19 Doc. No. AMS-TM-17-0050 P 2018-27283 Final rule.

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.

Effective Date: This rule becomes effective February 19, 2019. 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. Agricultural Commodities Bioengineering Food Labeling Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard , Arthur.Neal@usda.gov http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase/ http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/briefs/52/default.asp https://www.ams.usda.gov/be https://www.ams.usda.gov/reports/study-electronic-or-digital-disclosure https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/be https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/public-input-bioengineered-food-disclosure-questions https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/ProposedBioengineeredLabels.pdf https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/adoption-of-genetically-engineered-crops-in-the-us.aspx https://www.iso.org/committee/560239.html https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=AMS-TM-17-0050-0003 https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=AMS-TM-17-0050-14011 https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=AMS-TM-17-0050-2833 https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=AMS-TM-17-0050-8861 https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start Regulations.gov Vol. 83, no. 245 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2018-12-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 603 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-12-21 P0b002ee1a03a903e 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21de18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2018-12-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-21/pdf/FR-2018-12-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-21/xml/FR-2018-12-21.xml fdlp 65481 66075 DGPO 2019-04-02 2019-04-02 FR-2018-12-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2018-12-21 83 245