---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 66.3"
title: "7"
number: "66.3"
heading: "Disclosure requirement and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/66.3"
---

# §66.3. Disclosure requirement and applicability.

- (a) **General.**
  - (1) A label for a bioengineered food must bear a disclosure indicating that the food is a bioengineered food or contains a bioengineered food ingredient consistent with this part.
  - (2) Except as provided in [§ 66.116](/cfr/7/66.116.md) for voluntary disclosure, a label shall not bear a disclosure that a food is a bioengineered food or contains a bioengineered food ingredient if the records maintained in accordance with [§ 66.302](/cfr/7/66.302.md) demonstrate that the food is not a bioengineered food or does not contain a bioengineered food ingredient.
- (b) **Application to food.** This part applies only to a food subject to:
  - (1) The labeling requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”); or
  - (2) The labeling requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Egg Products Inspection Act only if:
    - (i) The most predominant ingredient of the food would independently be subject to the labeling requirements under the FDCA; or
    - (ii) The most predominant ingredient of the food is broth, stock, water, or a similar solution and the second-most predominant ingredient of the food would independently be subject to the labeling requirements under the FDCA.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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