---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 66.108"
title: "7"
number: "66.108"
heading: "Text message disclosure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/66.108"
---

# §66.108. Text message disclosure.


The regulated entity must not charge a person any fee to access the bioengineered food information through text message and must comply with the requirements described in this section.

- (a) The label must include this statement “Text [command word] to [number] for bioengineered food information.” The number must be a number, including a short code, that sends an immediate response to the consumer's mobile device.
- (b) The response must be a one-time response and the only information in the response must be the appropriate bioengineered food disclosure described in [§ 66.102](/cfr/7/66.102.md) or [§ 66.116](/cfr/7/66.116.md).
- (c) The response must exclude marketing and promotional information.
- (d) A regulated entity that selects the text message option must comply with the requirements of this [paragraph (d)](#d).
  - (1) The regulated entity must not collect, analyze, or sell any personally identifiable information about consumers or the devices of consumers.
  - (2) The regulated entity must not use any information related to the text message option for any marketing purposes.
  - (3) If any information must be collected to carry out the purposes of this part, the information must be deleted as soon as possible and not be used for any other purpose.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 65871, Dec. 21, 2018, unless otherwise noted.