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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 (20 September 2024)

VLOG-Guideline Seal Usage "Ohne GenTechnik" (1 January 2023)

VLOG-Guideline Seal Usage "VLOG geprüft" (1 January 2023)

Application and fee schedule for seal use

"Ohne GenTechnik" seal (food)

Application form for Seal Usage "Ohne GenTechnik“ (writeable) (01 April 2024)

List of products to be labelled (16 November 2023)

"VLOG geprüft" seal (feed)

Application form for Seal Usage "VLOG geprüft" (writeable) (01 April 2024)

VLOG Fee Schedule

VLOG Fee Schedule (01 February 2024)

Membership

You can find all membership information here.

SEPA Direct Debit Mandate

SEPA Direct Debit Mandate VLOG

Printing templates "Ohne GenTechnik" seal

Seal use "Ohne GenTechnik" outside of Germany

Use of the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal outside of Germany: legal provisions and translated seal versions (17 May 2023) (in German)

Use of the seal in out-of-home catering

Criteria for the use of "Ohne GenTechnik" seal in out-of-home catering (December 2011) (in German)

Turnover Queries

Turnover query OG seal final (last year)

Turnover query OG seal forecast (current year)

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)

EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act (in German)

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) No. 1830/2003 (in German)

REGULATION (EC) Nr. 1829/2003

On genetically modified food and feed

Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 (in German)

Requirements for processing aids according to EGGenTDurchfG

Requirements for processing aids that are not food or food ingredients

Legal statement of the law office [GGSC] dated 11 January 2017 (in German)

Requirements for carriers according to EGGenTDurchfG

 For the use of carriers and solvents

Legal statement of the law office [GGSC] dated 27 September 2017 (in German)

Requirements for freeze protection in starter cultures

 On the use of milk powder as freeze protection in starter cultures

Legal statement of the law office [GGSC] dated 12 June 2017 (in German)

Dealing with incorrectly labeled feed

Legal statements GGSC

Food without genetic engineering: labeling requirements with regard to animal feed (in German)

Food without genetic engineering: feeding period in case of incorrect feed labeling (in German)

Food without genetic engineering: On the feeding period in the case of incorrect feed labeling

GGSC: product specification animal products / feed raw materials (in German)

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)

Guideline for the control of GMOs in food (in German)

Statement by environmental and consumer associations

Environmental and consumer associations expose criticism of "Ohne Gentechnik" labelling as unjustified (in German)

"Ohne Gentechnik" in the retail sector

Arguments of VLOG for "Ohne Gentechnik" labelling of private labels (in German)

"Ohne Gentechnik" labelling of meat substitutes

VLOG Information - Labelling of vegan and vegetarian products as Non GMO

Legal and practical problems with the "Ohne Gentechnik" labelling

Key points paper criteria for the "Ohne Gentechnik" labelling (in German)

BMEL booklet: Food and genetic engineering - The most important facts

Here you can find a booklet of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, which informs about the "Ohne GenTechnik" seal (in German)

List of VLOG certified feed companies

List sorted by company name

List sorted by postal code and state

List of feed companies certified according to VLOG recognised standards

List sorted by company name

Guide to the control of GMOs in feed

BVL-Guideline for monitoring GMOs in feed

Criteria of the "Ohne Gentechnik" production of feed

Article by Alexander Hissting at the German feed industry magazine "Mühle + Mischfutter" ["Mill + Compound Feed"] of 21 April 2016

Thresholds of the claimability - clarification of old questions in the run-up to the claim "Ohne Gentechnik"

Difficulties of "Ohne Gentechnik" labelling (in German)

VDLUFA method for sampling feed

VDLUFA method for sampling feed (in German)

VDLUFA concept for the analysis of genetically modified feeds

VDLUFA concept  (in German)

Study: GM-SOY: Sustainable? Responsible?

The document is available in a full version, but also as a summary.

Summary of the study

The complete study

Brussels Soy Declaration

Brussels Soy Declaration

Product specification animal products / feed raw material

GGSC: Product specification animal products / feed raw material (in German)