› Which foods might be GMO?

› What is the

GMO FAQ
CROPS:
The following crops are at risk of being NON-GMO Project?
genetically engineered because GMO The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit
varieties have been approved for production organization committed to preserving
and are grown commercially. All major  nswers to your questions about
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and building sources of non-GMO
ingredients derived from these crops must
products, educating consumers, and Genetically Modified Organisms
be tested prior to use in a Non-GMO Project
Verified product and must comply with the providing verified non-GMO choices.
0.9% action threshold: The Non-GMO Project offers North
› What are they?
Alfalfa | Corn | Sugar Beets America's ONLY third party verification for › Are they safe?
Zucchini & Yellow Summer Squash
Canola | Cotton | Papaya | Soy
products produced according to rigorous best › How can I avoid
practices for GMO avoidance. We require that
every single batch of major risk ingredient GMOs?
Due to known instances of contamination,
the Non-GMO Project also regularly used in a verified product (e.g. those derived
monitors these crops: from corn, soy, etc.) is tested before use
Rice | Flax | Wheat | Potato and is below our action threshold of 0.9%.
Relatives of Squash, Beets & Canola
ANIMAL DERIVATIVES:
The following animal derivatives are also
considered high risk by the Non-GMO We support your right to know what's
Project Standard because of potential GMO in your food and to choose non-GMO!
contamination in feed and other inputs:
Milk | Meat | Eggs
Honey & Other Bee Products
INGREDIENTS: Brought to you by:
Ingredients derived from these risk crops
include (but are not limited to):
Amino Acids | Aspartame
Ascorbic Acid | Sodium Ascorbate
Vitamin C | Citric Acid | Sucrose
Sodium Citrate | Ethanol
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Lactic Acid | Maltodextrins
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
Xanthan Gum | Vitamins For a complete list of Non-GMO Project Brought to you by
Molasses | Yeast Products Verified products, please visit our website: the Non-GMO Project
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› What are GMOs? › Are GMOs safe to eat? › What are the impacts of GMOs
GMOs, or "genetically modified Most developed nations do not on the environment?
organisms,” are plants or animals consider GMOs to be safe. In more than More than 80% of all GMOs grown
created through the gene splicing 60 countries around the world—including worldwide are engineered for herbicide
techniques of biotechnology (also Australia, Japan, and all of the countries in
called genetic engineering or GE). This tolerance. As a result, use of toxic
the European Union—there are significant herbicides like Roundup has
experimental technology merges DNA restrictions or outright bans on the production increased 15 times since GMOs
from different species, creating unstable
and sale of GMOs. In the United States, the were introduced. GMO crops are
combinations of plant, animal, bacterial
and viral genes that cannot occur in nature government has approved GMOs based on also responsible for the emergence
or in traditional crossbreeding. studies conducted by the same corporations of “super weeds” and “super bugs,”
that created them and profit from their sale. which can only be killed with ever
Virtually all commercially produced
Increasingly, Americans are taking matters more toxic poisons like 2,4-D (a major
GMOs are engineered to withstand direct
application of herbicide and/or to produce into their own hands and choosing to opt ingredient in Agent Orange). GMOs are a
an insecticide. Despite biotech industry out of the GMO experiment. direct extension of chemical agriculture,
promises, none of the GMO traits currently
on the market offer increased yield,
› How can I avoid GMOs? and are developed and sold by the
world’s biggest chemical companies.
drought tolerance, enhanced nutrition, or In the U.S., GMOs are in the majority of The long-term impacts of GMOs are
any other consumer benefit. conventional processed food. To avoid GMOs, unknown, and once released into the
Meanwhile, a growing body of look for the Non-GMO Project Verified environment, these novel organisms
evidence connects GMOs with health label. cannot be recalled.
problems, environmental damage,
and violation of farmers’ and › How do GMOs
consumers' rights. affect farmers?
› Are GMOs labeled? Because GMOs are novel life forms,
biotechnology companies have been able
Unfortunately, even though polls
to obtain patents with which to restrict
consistently show that a significant
their use. As a result, the companies
majority of Americans want to know
that make GMOs now have the
if the food they’re purchasing contains
power to sue farmers whose fields
GMOs, the powerful biotech lobby
are contaminated with GMOs, even
has succeeded in keeping this
when it is the result of inevitable
information from the public. In the
drift from neighboring fields. GMOs
absence of mandatory labeling, the Non-
therefore pose a serious threat
GMO Project was created to give
to farmer sovereignty and to the
consumers the informed choice they
national food security of any country
deserve.
where they are grown, including the
United States.