Bioengineering (BE, aka GMO)

Bioengineering (BE, aka GMO)  is a scientifically sophisticated means of taking the gene for a specific trait from one plant, animal or bacteria and transferring it to another. We have some resources and materials to help food retailers on this topic.

Bioengineering Blog Posts, Comments & Webinar Recordings

 

Talking to Customers About Bioengineering

Mar 8, 2019
Recently, the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard(BE Rule) established a new standard for disclosure of information to consumers about the BE status of foods. FMI is pleased that this new standard allows information to be shared with ...

Avoiding the Regret of Hindsight; Embracing the Gene Editing Story Now

Mar 7, 2019
The lesson in avoiding regret starts with the bleak reminder of how often we receive nuggets of information that we should act on but because we’re busy or distracted or inundated we fail or choose not to do anything about them. The motivational ...

The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard – Top Takeaways for Food Retailers

Jan 24, 2019
FMI has worked alongside our member companies and our coalition partners throughout the legislative and regulatory process to help establish a national standard for bioengineered (BE) food. On Friday, December 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of ...

USDA AMS: Proposed Rule: National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (July 3, 2018)

Oct 17, 2018
On behalf of the retail and wholesale members of the FMI, we appreciate the USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) consideration of our comments regarding the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) proposed ...

Working Toward a Consistent Way of Sharing Information About Foods Produced with Bioengineering

Oct 17, 2018
With the support of FMI and many of our members, Congress passed Public Law 114-216 on July 29, 2016, which establishes a national standard that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) can use to put in place a bioengineering (BE) ...

Policy Statements

Our current Board approved policy statement on this topic:

FMI Bioengineering Resources

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The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

This compliance guide, prepared for FMI by Hogan and Lovells, is designed to help retailers and product suppliers understand and comply with the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS).