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Sustainable Food Guide
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Issues



 GM Plan...

The EU Commission in January 2000 moved to require that food companies provide labels on food if any ingredient contains more than 1% GM ingredients.

Plan
You may need to:

  • Establish clear documentation all along the supply chain.
  • Clean and inspect equipment at every stage, including farm machinery, transport and food manufacturing production lines.
  • Test product for Genetic Modification e.g IndentiGEN (look for GMO testing).
  • Establish audit trails.
  • Ensure segregation of GM and non-GM commodities.

Possible Policy statement

"No genetically modified raw ingredients or products containing genetically modified ingredients will be included in our range of foods."

You may like to consider the various policy Options for GM (pdf)

Suggested Indicator

Availability of non-GM produce.

  

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