Webinar: Are You Compliant with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard?
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, passed by Congress in July of 2016, directed USDA to establish this national mandatory standard for disclosing foods that are or may be bioengineered. The Standard defines bioengineered foods as those that contain detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques and cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature. The mandatory compliance date is January 1, 2022. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) developed the List of Bioengineered Foods to identify the crops or foods that are available in a bioengineered form throughout the world and for which regulated entities must maintain records. These records will inform regulated entities about whether they must make a bioengineered food disclosure. The Standard requires food manufacturers, importers, and certain retailers to ensure bioengineered foods are appropriately disclosed.
What you will learn during the presentation:
- Clear understanding of what is and is not a bioengineered food
- How to Achieve label compliance
- Examples of bioengineered foods
Original airdate: Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Length: 45 minutes
Presenters:
Douglas Marshall, Ph.D., CFS; Chief Scientific Officer, Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories
Benjamin Biggs; National Sales Manager, Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories
