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Lawsuit challenges USDA’s labelling of GMO foods as “bioengineered”

Written by SGS Digicomply Editorial Team | Jul 29, 2020 8:21:00 AM
Markets International
Organization New Food Magazine
Topic

Labelling

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Trump Administration’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging rules on labelling genetically engineered (GE) or GMO foods as “bioengineered foods.”

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) claimed that the new labelling rules will not only confuse Americans, but will result in a lack of transparency and clarity.

CFS stated that the final regulations, issued in 2019, include provisions which will leave the majority of GMO derived foods unlabelled.