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This new year finds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) changing its labeling rules for genetically modified foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foods containing \"genetically engineered\" (GE) ingredients or \"genetically modified organisms\" (GMOs) will now simply be marked as \"bioengineered.\"  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The USDA has said the change \"avoids a patchwork of state labeling regulations\" to provide a national standard for the labels that were once set on a state-by-state basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The worst part of this law is the use of the term \u2018bioengineered\u2019 because that\u2019s not a term most consumers are familiar with,\" Gregory Jaffe, director of Center for Science in the Public Interest's biotechnology project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some commonly bioengineered foods include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n