Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 94 — Organic Certification
§ 6524. Organically produced food
Statutory text
In the case of a food certified under the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), the certification shall be considered sufficient to make a claim regarding the absence of bioengineering in the food, such as “not bioengineered”, “non-GMO”, or another similar claim.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 114–216 § 2 · 130 Stat. 834
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6524
(Pub. L. 114–216, § 2, July 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 838.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–216, § 2, July 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 838.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FOOD. In the case of a food certified under the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), the certification shall be considered sufficient to make a claim regarding the absence of bioengineering in the food, such as “not bioengineered”, “non-GMO”, or another similar claim.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, referred to in text, is title XXI of Pub. L. 101–624, , 104 Stat. 3935, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6501 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of Pub. L. 114–216, and not as part of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 which comprises this chapter.