JD Supra

What the Ninth Circuit Ruling on the Mandatory GMO Labeling Rule Means for F+B Businesses

On October 31, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided a case challenging the United States Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") mandatory labeling rule for bioengineered foods. The decision in ...
JD Supra

Bioengineered Foods: USDA Solicits Comments on Potential Revisions to Digital Disclosure Option

Current USDA-AMS regulations mandate BE food disclosure to be made on labels of food containing BE ingredients via one of four options: (1) a text statement, (2) an AMS-designed symbol, (3) an ...
Capital Press

‘Bioengineered’ label exemption for highly processed food ruled unlawful

The USDA committed legal error by exempting “highly processed foods,” such as sugar, from being labeled as “bioengineered,” according to federal appeals court ...
The National Law Review

AMS Publishes RFI on Electronic and Digital Link Disclosures Under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

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Beyond Pesticides

USDA’s “Bioengineered” Food Label Language, Called Misleading, Upheld in Court Decision

(Beyond Pesticides, December 22, 2025) After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “bioengineered” food label language, Beyond ...
Beyond Pesticides

Court Nixes Scanning for Mandated Food Label Info, Allows GE Ingredients To Be Called “Bioengineered”

(Beyond Pesticides, December 17, 2025) In a 50-plus page opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in October for the plaintiffs on providing general public access to ...