據悉，原先的生效日期為2017年3月20日，之后被延期至2017年5月19日，本次再延長6個月的時間。
終期條例修訂了有機畜禽的生產要求，增加了待宰牲畜加工與運輸要求，以及禽生活條件要求，擴大澄清了現(xiàn)行家畜福利、生產實踐、哺乳動物生活條件的要求。
部分原文報道如下：
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.
