{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-66.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 66.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Act means the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), as amended to include Subtitle E—National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard and Subtitle F—Labeling of Certain Food.\nAdministrator means the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, or the representative to whom authority has been delegated to act in the stead of the Administrator.\nAMS means the Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.\nBioengineered food means—\n(1) Subject to the factors, conditions, and limitations in paragraph (2) of this definition:\n(i) A food that contains genetic material that has been modified through in vitro recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) techniques and for which the modification could not otherwise be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature; provided that\n(ii) Such a food does not contain modified genetic material if the genetic material is not detectable pursuant to § 66.9.\n(2) A food that meets one of the following factors and conditions is not a bioengineered food.\n(i) An incidental additive present in food at an insignificant level and that does not have any technical or functional effect in the food, as described in 21 CFR 101.100(a)(3).\n(ii) [Reserved]\nBioengineered substance means substance that contains genetic material that has been modified through in vitro recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) techniques and for which the modification could not otherwise be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature.\nCompliance date means—\n(1) Mandatory compliance date. Entities responsible for bioengineered food disclosure must comply with the requirements of this part by January 1, 2022.\n(2) Updates to the List of Bioengineered Foods. When AMS updates the List of Bioengineered Foods pursuant to § 66.7, entities responsible for bioengineered food disclosures must comply with the updates no later than 18 months after the effective date of the update.\nFood means a food (as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)) that is intended for human consumption.\nFood manufacturer means an entity that manufactures, processes, or packs human food and labels the food or food product for U.S. retail sale.\nImporter means the importer of record, as determined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (19 U.S.C. 1484(a)(2)(B)), who engages in the importation of food or food products labeled for retail sale into the United States.\nInformation panel means that part of the label of a packaged product that is immediately contiguous to and to the right of the principal display panel as observed by an individual facing the principal display panel, unless another section of the label is designated as the information panel because of package size or other package attributes (e.g. irregular shape with one usable surface).\nLabel means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container or outside wrapper of any retail package or article that is easily legible on or through the outside container or wrapper.\nLabeling means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:\n(1) Upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers; or\n(2) Accompanying such article.\nList of Bioengineered Foods means a list, maintained and updated by AMS and provided in § 66.6, of foods for which bioengineered versions have been developed.\nMarketing and promotional information means any written, printed, audiovisual, or graphic information, including advertising, pamphlets, flyers, catalogues, posters, and signs that are distributed, broadcast, or made available to assist in the sale or promotion of a product.\nPredominance means an ingredient's position in the ingredient list on a product's label. Predominant ingredients are those most abundant by weight in the product, as required under 21 CFR 101.4(a)(1).\nPrincipal display panel means that part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under customary conditions of display for retail sale.\nProcessed food means any food other than a raw agricultural commodity, and includes any raw agricultural commodity that has been subject to processing, such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydration, or milling.\nRaw agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity in its raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing.\nRegulated entity means the food manufacturer, importer, or retailer that is responsible for making bioengineered food disclosures under § 66.100(a).\nSecretary means the United States Secretary of Agriculture or a representative to whom authority has been delegated to act in the Secretary's stead.\nSimilar retail food establishment means a cafeteria, lunch room, food stand, food truck, transportation carrier (such as a train or airplane), saloon, tavern, bar, lounge, other similar establishment operated as an enterprise engaged in the business of selling prepared food to the public, or salad bars, delicatessens, and other food enterprises located within retail establishments that provide ready-to-eat foods that are consumed either on or outside of the retailer's premises.\nSmall food manufacturer means any food manufacturer with annual receipts of at least $2,500,000, but less than $10,000,000.\nSmall package means food packages that have a total surface area of less than 40 square inches.\nVery small food manufacturer means any food manufacturer with annual receipts of less than $2,500,000.\nVery small package means food packages that have a total surface area of less than 12 square inches.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER C—REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT","PART 66—NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED FOOD DISCLOSURE STANDARD","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"ea77d56d4ad1f018c1f1bb09cba26effafc788be97576a62aad4e74c6e22f3e8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-65.500","next":"us/7-cfr-66.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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