Dear readers,

From July 2028, consumers will no longer be able to reliably tell when shopping whether genetic engineering has been used in the production of their food. Under the new EU NGT Regulation, the previous legal labelling requirement for New-Genetic-Engineering-plants in the "NGT1" category will no longer apply from that date.

This makes it all the more important for products in supermarkets to carry a "Ohne Gentechnik“ (Non-GMO) label that also excludes NGT1. The vast majority of consumers expect retailers to ensure transparency in this way.

Our industry now faces the major challenge of effectively excluding NGT1 from its value chains as well. To this end, it would be very helpful if the existing national protective regulations governing the cultivation of genetically modified organisms were to continue to apply to NGT1 in future, as our legal opinion confirms is both possible and necessary. The "Ohne Gentechnik“ sector now needs to do a great deal more to persuade policymakers – and in particular the Federal Ministry of Agriculture – to implement this accordingly. Please do support us in this endeavour! Furthermore, VLOG is revising its Standard in consultation with numerous experts from the field to ensure that NGT1 is reliably excluded from "Ohne Gentechnik" in future. 

We hope you find this an interesting read!
Your VLOG Team