The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new food labeling rules for genetically modified food products went into effect Jan. 1, 2022.
The big difference for consumers is that they’ll no longer see the words “GMO,” which stands for genetically modified organisms.
Instead, they’ll see a round green label that says “bioengineered” or “derived from bioengineering” or a label with a phone number or QR code to provide more information. A USDA spokesperson said the change will bring uniformity to food labeling, which up to now depended on “a patchwork” of state regulations,Some of the old official certifications will remain, such as “USDA Organic” and “NON-GMO Project Verified.
“The already overburdened consumer is going to have to spend four times as much time in the supermarket reading labels,” Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, told. “And now they’ll have to be USDA citizen investigators to make sure this law has some consequences.
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