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Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University

What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains

Most U.S.-grown soybeans are genetically modified, so products containing them may be required to carry the new 'bioengineered' label. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature.”

If that definition sounds familiar, it is because it is essentially how genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are defined – common vocabulary many people use and understand.

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