[20160718]IF10376_转基因食品标签：现行立法.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated July 18, 2016Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods: Current LegislationMost Recent Senate Labeling Bill On June 23, 2016, the chairman and ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee proposed a bill (S.Amdt. 4937 to S. 764) that would amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to give the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) authority to establish a mandatory “national bioengineered food disclosure standard.” S. 764 would authorize food manufacturers to adopt either text, a symbol, or an electronic/digital link for identifying bioengineered foods. Small food manufacturers would be permitted to use a website or phone number. Very small food manufacturers and restaurants would be exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirement. The bill is seen as a compromise between earlier House and Senate bills that would have authorized a national voluntary labeling standard. The Senate passed the labeling bill on July 7, 63-30. The House approved the Senate bill on July 14, 306-117. President Obama has stated that he would sign it. Some supporters of the bill remain convinced that a mandatory disclosure implies that genetically engineered foods