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type: "LegalText"
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 1639"
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description: "Definitions"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "38"
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chapter_name: "DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS"
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section: "1639"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1639"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 1639 - Definitions
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## Text
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In this subchapter:
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(1) Bioengineering The term “bioengineering”, and any similar term, as determined by the Secretary, with respect to a food, refers to a food—
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(A) that contains genetic material that has been modified through in vitro recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) techniques; and
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(B) for which the modification could not otherwise be obtained through conventional breeding or found in nature.
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(2) Food The term “food” means a food (as defined in section 321 of title 21) that is intended for human consumption.
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(3) Secretary The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 966, title II, § 291, as added Pub. L. 114–216, § 1, July 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 834.)
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