A new law gives USDA two years to develop a national GMO labeling standard. While there are likely a number of ways companies will be able to maintain compliance, a QR code shouldn’t be one of them.

President Barack Obama signed into law a bill last week that for the first time will require manufacturers to use labels declaring if their products contain ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMO).

The exhaustive 388-page report was compiled by a committee of more than 50 scientists.

Calling the proposal “incomplete and financially inadequate,” Monsanto Company’s board of directors declined Bayer AG’s offer.

German pharmaceutical company Bayer confirmed Monday it proposed an all-cash of $62 billion to purchase Monsanto Co.

 AquAdvantage Salmon is an Atlantic salmon that reaches market size more quickly than non-GE farm-raised Atlantic salmon.