Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 5/4/18
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a proposed rule to implement the landmark legislation requiring some form of disclosure of biotech ingredients on food packaging. USDA’s proposal maintains the bioengineered food definition set by the 2016 law: A food “that contains genetic material that has been modified” and “for which the modification could not otherwise be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature.” For more of this story, click here.
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