A large number of common food and feed ingredients, additives and enzymes are
produced directly or indirectly from GMMs, or using enzymes that have been derived
from GMMs. The nature and complexity of these production routes are not widely
recognised, nor is it widely appreciated that some apparently similar products may be
treated differently under the current EU labelling regime depending on whether they
are derived from plant or micro-organism / enzyme origins.
In particular, the requirement to identify positively, trace and label derivatives of GM
crops, regardless of the number of stages of purification and/or subsequent chemical
modification undertaken or the level of use, is inconsistent with the approach taken
towards similar derivatives obtained from, or with the aid of, GMMs (or using enzymes
derived from them).
Any operator wishing to avoid positive GM labelling of ingredients, additives and
enzymes derived from crops that may have a GM origin will have to set up systems
and records to ensure that only ingredients derived from non-GM origins are used.
Similar requirements will apply to imports of finished products from third countries
where raw materials derived from GM crops are widely used and, in particular, those
countries where segregation of GM and non-GM materials is not widely practised. [The
crops of principal commercial interest, and which therefore comprise the focus of this
research, are soya, maize, rapeseed and cotton. Very small quantities of other GM
crops are grown locally but are of very limited significance in international trade.]
In contrast, no such requirement for labelling currently applies to users of materials
derived wholly or in part from a GMM, where no residues of the GMM remain.
produced directly or indirectly from GMMs, or using enzymes that have been derived
from GMMs. The nature and complexity of these production routes are not widely
recognised, nor is it widely appreciated that some apparently similar products may be
treated differently under the current EU labelling regime depending on whether they
are derived from plant or micro-organism / enzyme origins.
In particular, the requirement to identify positively, trace and label derivatives of GM
crops, regardless of the number of stages of purification and/or subsequent chemical
modification undertaken or the level of use, is inconsistent with the approach taken
towards similar derivatives obtained from, or with the aid of, GMMs (or using enzymes
derived from them).
Any operator wishing to avoid positive GM labelling of ingredients, additives and
enzymes derived from crops that may have a GM origin will have to set up systems
and records to ensure that only ingredients derived from non-GM origins are used.
Similar requirements will apply to imports of finished products from third countries
where raw materials derived from GM crops are widely used and, in particular, those
countries where segregation of GM and non-GM materials is not widely practised. [The
crops of principal commercial interest, and which therefore comprise the focus of this
research, are soya, maize, rapeseed and cotton. Very small quantities of other GM
crops are grown locally but are of very limited significance in international trade.]
In contrast, no such requirement for labelling currently applies to users of materials
derived wholly or in part from a GMM, where no residues of the GMM remain.
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