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GMO Labelling: Guidelines

Without Genetic Engineering

In the European Union, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and products derived from GMOs are explicitly excluded from organic production methods. Since 1999, the conditions for organic farming and for the marketing and import of organic products have been legally regulated. Some European member states have supplementary national regulations for the labelling of conventional products "without GMOs".


Products containing GMOs are ineligible to be labelled as organic, except for those containing up to 0.9 percent of GMO content through accidental contamination.

Organic products: not genetically engineered, but also not guaranteed to be absolutely GMO-free

In organic farm production, the deliberate application of genetic engineering is legally forbidden: regulations of the European Union prohibit the use of genetically modified plants or microorganisms. This prohibition also concerns feeds made from GM plants or made with enzymes produced by GM microorganisms. Nevertheless, slight GMO admixtures also are admissible in organic products, and GMO traces have been detected several times in control testing.

  • The threshold for adventitious, technically unavoidable admixtures of GMOs in 'bio' and conventional products has been set uniformly at 0.9 per cent.

  • Consequently, organic products containing admixtures below this threshold are released from the obligation of labelling. A stricter threshold for organic products than for conventional products would lead, in some cases, to GM-labelling differences between organic and conventional products containing the same proportion of GMOs.

Foods may be labelled with the indication "without use of genetic engineering". Some European member states have national regulations for this type of labelling.

 
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