# 2026-23015: USDA Asked to Judge Soybeans That Make Milk Proteins

2026-23015, Mozza Foods, Inc.: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for MF1786-1 Soybean (Glycine max) Expressing Casein Proteins, is a Federal Register notice from Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published 2026-11-12, effective We will consider all comments that we receive on or before January 11, 2027. (as of 2026-11-12).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-23015
- Title: Mozza Foods, Inc.: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for MF1786-1 Soybean (Glycine max) Expressing Casein Proteins
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Agriculture Department; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Citation: 91 FR 72848
- Published: 2026-11-12
- Effective: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before January 11, 2027.
- Comments close: 2027-01-11
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-12

## In one line

USDA Asked to Judge Soybeans That Make Milk Proteins

## Summary

Mozza Foods, Inc. wants the USDA to say their new genetically engineered soybean, MF1786-1, is safe and not a plant pest. This soybean makes special milk proteins and lowers some natural soybean proteins. The USDA is asking the public to check out the petition and risk report and share their thoughts by January 11, 2027.

## Abstract

We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Mozza Foods, Inc. seeking a determination of nonregulated status for MF1786-1 Soybean (Glycine max) which has been developed using genetic engineering to express the bovine alpha S1, beta and kappa casein proteins and the FAM20C kinase in its seeds, and to reduce the level of soybean glycinin proteins in seeds. We are making the petition and draft plant pest risk assessment available for public review and comment.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2026-23015 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/12/2026-23015/mozza-foods-inc-availability-of-a-petition-for-a-determination-of-nonregulated-status-and-draft)
- [2026-23015 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-12/pdf/2026-23015.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-23015 (as of 2026-11-12).