Repeal federal bioengineered food labeling mandate while keeping preemption
Mandate urges USDA to counter biotech scare tactics, remove approval barriers, repeal the federal GE labeling law while maintaining federal preemption, and use USTR tools against foreign GE bans.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 10 (USDA) — Agricultural Biotechnology: counter scare tactics and remove unnecessary barriers to biotech approvals/adoption; work with Congress to repeal federal labeling law while maintaining federal preemption and allowing voluntary labeling; use all tools with USTR to remove improper foreign barriers.
Undo plan
1) Keep national disclosure standard if consumers demand transparency—improve implementation rather than repeal alone.
2) Maintain federal preemption against patchwork state stigma labels.
3) Accelerate science-based approvals with public risk summaries.
4) Continue trade enforcement against unscientific GE bans.
5) Verify: approval timelines and export dispute outcomes.