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All important documents for users and consumers on the subject of "Ohne Gentechnik". Contract and application documents, lists, legal bases, statements, background information, flyers, infographics and much more.
Overview of licensee and members
Application and fee schedule for seal use and membership
"Ohne Gentechnik" seal (food)
Application for the use of the „Ohne GenTechnik“ seal (writable)
List of products to be labelled
"VLOG geprüft" seal (feed)
Application for use of the "VLOG geprüft" seal (writable)
Scope of application for the "VLOG geprüft" licence (writable)
Membership
Fee schedule membership
SEPA Direct Debit Mandate
SEPA Direct Debit Mandate VLOG
Printing templates "Ohne GenTechnik" seal
Seal use "Ohne GenTechnik" out of Germany
Use of the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal out of germany: legal provisions and translated seal versions (in German language)
Use of the seal in out-of-home catering
Criteria for the use of "Ohne GenTechnik" seal in out-of-home catering (in German language)
Turnover Queries
The VLOG Standard and all annexes and revision documents, as well as several other helpful documents and fact sheets, can be found on the following page:
The VLOG Standard
EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act (EG-Gentechnik-Durchführungsgesetz - EGGenTDurchfG)
EG-Gentechnik-Durchführungsgesetz
REGULATION (EC) Nr. 1830/2003
Concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and modification of the guideline 2001/18/EC
REGULATION (EC) Nr. 1829/2003
On genetically modified food and feed
Requirements for processing aids according to EGGenTDurchfG
Requirements for processing aids that are not food or food ingredients
Rechtliche Stellungnahme der Kanzlei [GGSC] vom 11.01.2017
Requirements for carriers according to EGGenTDurchfG
For the use of carriers and solvents
Rechtliche Stellungnahme der Kanzlei [GGSC] vom 27.09.2017
Requirements for freeze protection in starter cultures
On the use of milk powder as freeze protection in starter cultures
Rechtliche Stellungnahme der Kanzlei [GGSC] vom 12.06.2017
Dealing with incorrectly labeled feed
Legal statements GGSC
Lebensmittel ohne Gentechnik: Kennzeichnungsanforderungen bezüglich Futtermittel
Lebensmittel ohne Gentechnik: Zur Fütterungsfrist bei fehlerhafter Futtermittelkennzeichnung
Food without genetic engineering: On the feeding period in the case of incorrect feed labeling
GGSC: Produktspezifikation tierische Erzeugnisse / Futtermittelrohware
ECJ ruling on mutagenesis: Effects on "Ohne Gentechnik" labeling
ECJ ruling on mutagenesis: Effects on “Ohne Gentechnik” labeling
Guideline to the control of GMOs in food
VLOG Explanation of the guideline (in German language)
Guideline for the control of GMOs in food (as of 02 October 2019) (in German language)
Statement by environmental and consumer associations
Environmental and consumer associations expose criticism of "Ohne Gentechnik" labeling as unjustified (in German language)
"Ohne Gentechnik" in food retail
Arguments of VLOG for "Ohne Gentechnik" labeling of private labels (in German language)
Legal and practical problems with the "Ohne Gentechnik" labeling
Key points paper Criteria for the "Ohne Gentechnik" labeling (in German language)
BMEL brochure: Food and genetic engineering - The most important facts
Here you can find a brochure of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, which informs about the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal (in German langauge)
List of VLOG certified feed companies
List sorted by postal code and state
List of feed companies certified according to VLOG recognized standards
Guide to the control of GMOs in feed
Guide to the control of GMOs in feed (in German language)
Criteria of the "Ohne Gentechnik" production of feed
Thresholds of the claimability - clarification of old questions in the run-up to the claim „Ohne Gentechnik“
Difficulties of "Ohne Gentechnik" labeling (in German language)
VDLUFA method for sampling feed
VDLUFA method for sampling feed (in German language)
VDLUFA concept for the analysis of genetically modified feeds
VDLUFA concept (in German language)
Study: GM-SOY: Sustainable? Responsible?
The document is available in a full version, but also as a summary.
Brussels Soy Declaration
Product specification animal products / feed raw material
GGSC: Product specification animal products / feed raw material (in German language)
“Ohne GenTechnik” [Non-GMO] Food in Numbers 2020 (June 2021)
"VLOG verified" feed: Businesses certified according VLOG Standard (31 December 2020)
"Genetically modified" and "Genome editing": Consumer awareness and concern (February 2020)
Growth in shares of non-GMO milk by region (12 November 2019)
Development of "Ohne Gentechnik" milk shares in Germany (01 November 2020)
Use of the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal by product category (31 December 2019)
Development of "Ohne Gentechnik" milk volumes in Bavaria (01 August 2018) (in German language)
Sales of foods with the "Ohne GenTechnik" label (01 July 2019)
"Ohne Gentechnik" - Regulations in Europe (15 June 2020)
Development of the number of VLOG members and licensees (31 December 2020)
Sales development of foods with the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal by product category (21 April 2021)
Feeding of soybean meal in Germany 2018 (2019)
Central statements of the nature awareness study 2017 (2018)
Industry affiliation VLOG members (01 November 2020)
Opinion poll on pig feeding in Germany (19 July 2019) (in German language)
Flyer "Ohne GenTechnik" seal
Our current flyer on the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal and the Association Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG) can be downloaded here (in German language)
Positioning of VLOG on new procedures in genetic engineering (as of 25 October 2016)
Statement of VLOG on the draft of the fourth law for the amendment of the Genetic Engineering Law (as of 14 October 2016) (in German language)
Statement of VLOG on ALS decision Nr. 2017-3 starter cultures (as of 31 August 2017; updatet 01 March 2018) (in German language)
Statement of VLOG on milk powder in starter cultures for food without genetic engineering (as of 16 April 2018) (in German language)
VLOG statement on the ECJ ruling on mutagenesis (as of 14 November 2018)
VLOG statement on the position of Leopoldina on new genetic engineering (as of 18 February 2020) (in German language)