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§1639c Savings Provisions

Title 7 › CHAPTER 38 — DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS › SUBCHAPTER V — NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED FOOD DISCLOSURE STANDARD › § 1639c

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The rules must be carried out in a way that follows the United States’ international trade obligations. They do not change what the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of the Treasury can do, and they do not create new rights or duties under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. A food cannot be labeled “not bioengineered,” “non‑GMO,” or similar just because it was not required to have a bioengineered disclosure.

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Title 7, §1639c

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(a)Trade
This subchapter shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.
(b)Other authorities
Nothing in this subchapter—
(1)affects the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services or creates any rights or obligations for any person under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); or
(2)affects the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or creates any rights or obligations for any person under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
(c)Other
A food may not be considered to be “not bioengineered”, “non-GMO”, or any other similar claim describing the absence of bioengineering in the food solely because the food is not required to bear a disclosure that the food is bioengineered under this subchapter.

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The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables. The Federal Alcohol Administration Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is act Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, 49 Stat. 977, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 201 et seq.) of chapter 8 of Title 27, Intoxicating Liquors. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 27 and Tables.

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7 U.S.C. § 1639c

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110