What is the Non-GMO Project?
The Non-GMO Project’s central
mission is to provide the following:
Knowledge—Knowledge and information on GMOs that will help the
organic and natural foods industry to understand and avoid them in their
products.
Standard—A uniform, authoritative, consensus-based standard with
which to verify non-GMO foods.
Verification Program—A centralized, economical, confidential, third-party
program for verifying that products meet the non-GMO standard.
The Non-GMO
Project is a non-profit organization, created by leaders representing all
sectors of the organic and natural products industry in the U.S. and Canada, to
offer consumers a consistent “non-GMO” choice for organic and natural products
that are produced without genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technologies.
The Project began as an initiative of independent natural foods retailers who were interested in providing their customers with more information regarding the GMO risk of their products. As the Project evolved, it became clear that in order for the initial vision of standardized labeling to be possible, a 3rd party verification program was needed that would identify products compliant with a uniform, consensus-based definition of non-GMO. With the help of technical consultants FoodChain Global Advisors, and fueled by the passion of a dynamic array of industry leaders.
Download here the latest Spring 2008 update from the Non-GMO Project.
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