New GMO Guard in the USA

Natural Food Certifiers (NFC) has added a new component to its product supervision and certification programs: the GMO Guard verification program, Compass Natural reports. NFC's food certification programs so far include USDA Organic Certification, Kosher Certification, Vegan Certification, and Gluten Guard.
 

In order to assess a new product for GMO Guard verification, NFC performs an intake to analyze the product and will then advise clients of the next steps and costs to obtaining a seal. The process may include, but is not limited to, a request and review of the ingredient deck including country of origin and certificate of analysis, as well as inspection of manufacturing facilities.

Leading natural and organic products retailers such as Whole Foods Market are seeing growing demand for products that don’t use genetically engineered ingredients. Products that have a non-GMO assurance seal are seeing sales increases of 15 % to 30 %, according to Whole Foods Market President A.C. Gallo.
 

NFC Founder and President (Rabbi) Reuven Flamer began a career in the natural products industry in 1976 when he founded Le Centre, the first natural food co-operative in the Laurentian Mountains, outside of Montreal, Quebec. He launched NFC in 1997. In 2002, NFC became the first Rabbinic-led kosher agency to certify organic under the USDA National Organic Program. More information is available here: www.nfccertification.info