WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Office of the Secretary has issued a proposed rule called: Request for Information on Modified Organisms Subject to the Plant Protection Act.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on June 9 by Andrew Perry, Office of the General Counsel.
Summary: On May 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published in the Federal Register(91 FR 27868) a Request for Information (RFI) on "Modified Organisms Subject to the Plant Protection Act, " to solicit the public's input on regulatory considerations related to the review of modified organisms subject to the Plant Protection Act. The RFI provided for a 30-day comment period, which would have ended on June 15, 2026. USDA has determined that a 15-day ...