{"id":120646,"date":"2022-01-11T19:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/01\/11\/usda-is-facing-a-legal-challenge-over-its-new-gmo-labeling-standards\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T19:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:17:55","slug":"usda-is-facing-a-legal-challenge-over-its-new-gmo-labeling-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/usda-is-facing-a-legal-challenge-over-its-new-gmo-labeling-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Is Facing a Legal Challenge Over Its New GMO Labeling Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Advocates for clear labeling of genetically modified ingredients say the agency\u2019s required language is confusing to consumers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In July of 2020, nonprofit advocacy organization Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with co-plaintiffs that include several natural grocers, filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforfoodsafety.org\/files\/2020-07-27-ecf-01--complaint_98797.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a> against the Department of Agriculture (USDA). At the center of the suit was Public Law 114-216, better known to those who follow food policy legislation as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/114\/plaws\/publ216\/PLAW-114publ216.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard<\/a>. It was signed by President Obama in 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/thecounter.org\/gmo-label-rule-usda-bioengineered\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to identify for consumers<\/a>, through clear labeling language, which foods on grocery shelves contained genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Lawyers for CFS, who filed their opening brief in the case at the tail end of November 2021, contend that the law\u2019s rules, as they\u2019ve since been written by USDA, do anything but\u2014in large part because they mandate the use of the word \u201cbioengineered\u201d and prohibit the better-understood and -recognized terms GE and GMO, which they say will confuse consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July of 2020, nonprofit advocacy organization Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with co-plaintiffs that include several natural grocers, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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