"Ohne Gentechnik" - Legal base
The "Ohne GenTechnik" seal was created in 2010 by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). VLOG is now the owner of the label rights and is exclusively responsible for licensing and administrating the seal. The legal base for "Ohne Gentechnik" labelling in Germany is the EC Genetic Engineering Implementation Act (EGGenTDurchfG). In order to make the law easier to apply in practice and to enable uniform controls, VLOG, with the support of industry stakeholders, has developed a quality standard, the VLOG Production and Certification Standard (VLOG Standard).