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Senate Ag Committee Finds Compromise on Biotech Labeling Bill
June 24, 2016 |Congress

The Senate Agriculture Committee settled on bipartisan compromise legislation (here) for biotech food labeling that would establish a national disclosure standard for genetically modified (GMO) food ingredients, apparently a more rigorous standard than the voluntary labeling guideline pitched in prior legislation that failed in March (see 1603170023). The legislation would put much of the onus for developing GMO qualification standards on the Department of Agriculture secretary, but would also safeguard certain foods from adopting “bioengineered” designations. For example, an animal product would not be eligible for GMO status only because the animal ate feed derived from a bioengineered substance. The disclosure standard would apply to foods whose leading ingredient would itself be subject to existing labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and to foods whose main ingredient is broth, stock or water, but whose second-most predominant ingredient would be separately subject to that law’s requirements.