Safeguarding organic production without genetic engineering

Organic farming consciously abstains from the use of GMOs as genetic engineering is not consistent
with its principles. However, GMOs can inadvertently contaminate organic foods through seeds, pollen dispersal, bought-in feeds, or cooperatively used machinery for transport, during storage or during processing.

• Evaluation and establishment of measures to guarantee the production and processing of foods without genetic engineering.
• Clarify the conditions for the coexistence of the production of GM-crops and organic crops in Switzerland.
• Develop and implement a concept for GMO monitoring through pollen sampling.

Projects

• GM and non-GM supply chains: their CO-EXistence and TRAceability” (CO-EXTRA) (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• SIGMEA sustainable introduction of GM crops in the EU agriculture (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• www.transgen.ch

Completed projects

• Analysis of GMO contamination in organic products (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Good manufacturing practice for GMO/GMO free Production (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Spatial Aspects of Co-existence (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• System analysis GMO free organic production (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)
• Establishment of a monitoring system to survey the appearance and dissemination of genetically modified plants into Switzerland (project description in the Organic Eprints Database)

Contact

Bernadette Oehen

Literature

Literature on “Safeguarding organic production without genetic engineering” in the Organic Eprints Database