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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 (06 October 2021)
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
VLOG membership application
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 (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)
EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act (in German language)
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 language)
REGULATION (EC) Nr. 1829/2003
On genetically modified food and feed
Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 (in German language)
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 language)
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 language)
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 language)
Dealing with incorrectly labeled feed
Legal statements GGSC
Food without genetic engineering: labeling requirements with regard to animal feed (in German language)
Food without genetic engineering: feeding period in case of incorrect feed labeling (in German language)
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 language)
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)
GMOs and 2021 German election: Almost two thirds against deregulation (31 July 2021)
Development of "Ohne Gentechnik" milk shares in Germany (22 September 2021)
“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)
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)
"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)
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 No. 2017-3 starter cultures (as of 31 August 2017; updated 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)