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
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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[1] This information can be provided by including a website address, a
pdf attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified
measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.