据悉,原先的生效日期为2017年3月20日,之后被延期至2017年5月19日,本次再延长6个月的时间。
终期条例修订了有机畜禽的生产要求,增加了待宰牲畜加工与运输要求,以及禽生活条件要求,扩大澄清了现行家畜福利、生产实践、哺乳动物生活条件的要求。
部分原文报道如下:
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is delaying the effective date of the rule published on January 19, 2017, for an additional six months to November 14, 2017, to allow time for further consideration by USDA. The effective date for this rule was initially March 20, 2017, and was subsequently delayed to May 19, 2017, by a document published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2017.