Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - United States - Bioengineered (BE) food - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 30 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States of America.

 

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Title: 2020 Annual Updates to List of Bioengineered Foods

 

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Notified measure published - date: 29 November 2023

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Notified measure enters into force - date: 29 December 2023

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Text of final measure available from[1]:

88 Federal Register (FR) 83305, 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 66:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-29/html/2023-26059.htm

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-29/pdf/2023-26059.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/final_measure/23_13872_00_e.pdf

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Description: This final rule updates the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard's (the Standard) List of Bioengineered (BE) Foods (the List) by adding "sugarcane (Bt insect-resistant varieties)" to the List and amending "squash (summer)" to "squash (summer, coat protein-mediated virus-resistant varieties)." In updating the List, this final rule provides consumers with information regarding foods that may be BE and aids regulated entities in determining whether they need to make a BE disclosure.

Effective Date: This rule is effective 29 December 2023.

Compliance Date: 23 June 2025.

Title 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 66

This final rule and the proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1364/Rev.1 are identified by Docket Number AMS-FTPP-20-0057. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/AMS-FTPP-20-0057/document and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.

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