USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) recently published a Request for Information soliciting stakeholder input on the electronic or digital link disclosure option for bioengineered (BE) foods under the National...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has published a Request for Information (RFI) asking interested parties to submit comments regarding potential revisions to the current...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule updating the List of Bioengineered Foods (the List) under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (the...more
On September 13, 2022, a federal court in San Francisco decided an NGO-led challenge to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final rule establishing a national standard for the disclosure of bioengineered foods. At the...more
In a long-awaited summary judgment ruling, a federal court kept most of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard final rule intact while sending the requirements for the electronic/digital link (QR Code) and text...more
A court has invalidated the portion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS’s) final rule implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (BE Rule) that allows...more
On July 22, 2022, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) opened up public comment on a proposed rule to make two changes to the List of Bioengineered Foods (the List). The National...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - As of 1 January 2022, certain retailers, manufacturers, and importers are required to disclose the presence of bioengineered food and food that contains bioengineered...more
USDA has filed its opposition to summary judgement in the case filed by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) regarding the agency’s implementation of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (“BE rule”). As you may...more
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a final rule on December 21, 2018, implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS). Beginning on January 1,...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a request for comments on its recommendations to update the List of Bioengineered Foods and is facing a federal lawsuit challenging key aspects of the National Bioengineered Food...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on recommendations to update the List of Bioengineered Foods (List) under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure...more
Key Takeaways: What Happened: USDA published guidance describing two pathways for regulated parties to demonstrate that a product is exempt from federal bioengineered food labeling requirements....more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service released two final guidance documents on detectability testing and procedures to validate a refining process for use in evaluating whether a food or...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has released Draft Instructions on Testing Methods (Draft Instructions) for use in compliance with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comment on draft instructions to validate a refining process under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard...more
On December 21, 2018, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule1 (BE Final Rule) to implement the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS),2 which...more
The implementation date for the disclosure obligations triggered by the USDA’s final rule establishing a national standard for the disclosure of bioengineered ingredients in certain food products is January 1, 2020 for...more
On December 21, 2018, the Agricultural Marketing Service (“AMS”) of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) issued its long-anticipated final rule establishing requirements for the disclosure of food that is...more
On December 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published its final rule implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) signed into law by...more
The USDA issued rules on December 20, 2018 requiring the disclosure of the presence of bioengineered foods and ingredients in food products, called the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (the Standard). The...more
The Agricultural Marketing Service’s mandatory disclosure standard for bioengineered foods has given industry something to chew on. Our Food, Beverage & Cosmetics team answers some questions the new National Bioengineered...more
While most of us were making our final holiday plans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) published the long-awaited rule to establish labeling requirements for foods that contain...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the final rule establishing a National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard on December 20, 2018. The rule requires food makers, including food manufacturers, importers...more
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released its final rule implementing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) passed by Congress in July 2016. In...more