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7 U.S. Code § 1639b. Establishment of national bioengineered food disclosure standard
(a) Establishment of mandatory standardNot later than 2 years after July 29, 2016, the Secretary shall—
(1)
establish a national mandatory bioengineered food disclosure standard with respect to any bioengineered food and any food that may be bioengineered; and
(2)
establish such requirements and procedures as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the standard.
(b) Regulations
(1) In general
A food may bear a disclosure that the food is bioengineered only in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary in accordance with this subchapter.
(2) RequirementsA regulation promulgated by the Secretary in carrying out this subchapter shall—
(A)
prohibit a food derived from an animal to be considered a bioengineered food solely because the animal consumed feed produced from, containing, or consisting of a bioengineered substance;
(B)
determine the amounts of a bioengineered substance that may be present in food, as appropriate, in order for the food to be a bioengineered food;
(C)
establish a process for requesting and granting a determination by the Secretary regarding other factors and conditions under which a food is considered a bioengineered food;
(D)
in accordance with subsection (d), require that the form of a food disclosure under this section be a text, symbol, or electronic or digital link, but excluding Internet website Uniform Resource Locators not embedded in the link, with the disclosure option to be selected by the food manufacturer;
(E)
provide alternative reasonable disclosure options for food contained in small or very small packages;
(F) in the case of small food manufacturers, provide—
(i)
an implementation date that is not earlier than 1 year after the implementation date for regulations promulgated in accordance with this section; and
(ii) on-package disclosure options, in addition to those available under subparagraph (D), to be selected by the small food manufacturer, that consist of—
(I)
a telephone number accompanied by appropriate language to indicate that the phone number provides access to additional information; and
(II)
an Internet website maintained by the small food manufacturer in a manner consistent with subsection (d), as appropriate; and
(G) exclude—
(i)
food served in a restaurant or similar retail food establishment; and
(ii)
very small food manufacturers.