USDA Releases Proposed Rule for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a proposed rule – the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard – to implement the legislation requiring some form of disclosure of biotech ingredients on food packaging.

The proposed rule will trigger a 60-day comment period, with a submission deadline of July 3, 2018.

AMS sets Jan. 1, 2020, as the date for compliance for large food companies, and a year later for small companies, defined as those with less than $10 million in annual receipts.

https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2018/05/03/usda-seeks-comments-proposed-rule-national-bioengineered-food