GermanyOrganisations and institutions
Verbändepapier: unterzeichnet von 139 Verbänden
Projekt Gentechnikfreie Regionen in Deutschland (German, English)
FGU, Project Genetic Engineering and the Environment
Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft e.V. – AbL (German)
Bioland – Verband für organisch-biologischen Landbau e.V. (German)
Bündnis zum Schutz der Bienen vor Agrogentechnik (German)
Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft – BÖLW (German)
BUND, Friends of the Earth Germany (German, English)
Bundesverband Naturkost Naturwaren (BNN) (German, English)
Bündnis Gentechnikfreie Landwirtschaft Berlin-Brandenburg (German)
Gen-ethisches Netzwerk (German)
Greenpeace Germany (German)
IG Saatgut (Initiative for GE-free Seeds and Breeding) (German, English)
Informationsdienst Gentechnik (German)
Mellifera e.V. (German)
Save Our Seeds (German and English)
Testbiotech e.V. – Institute for Independent Impact Assessment in Biotechnology (German and English)
Umweltinstitut München e.V. (German and English)
Verband Lebensmittel Ohne Gentechnik – VLOG (German, English)
Zukunftsstiftung Landwirtschaft
Official and institutional links
Agriculture authority’s GMO/NGT page
Environment authority’s GMO/NGT page
– In Germany Environment and Consumers is both managed by BMUV (see above)
GMO/NGT field trial page
Bundesamt für Naturschutz – BfN (German)
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR (German, English)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research – BMBF (German, English)
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kühn-Institut
Government’s position on the commission’s deregulation proposal
– abstention
GMO-free Labeling
Based on German legislation, „EG-Gentechnik-Durchführungsgesetz” (EGGenTDurchfG), food manufacturers and –retailers can label their products GMO-free since May 2008. The GMO-free label (“Ohne GenTechnik“) is for food products manufactured accordingly. Primary it is used on animal products like meat, eggs and dairy products derived from animals fed without GM plants. Licensee partners and advocates for a food production without GMOs are organized in the Association Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG). The VLOG represents over 650 food and feed manufacturers and retailers as well as sectors upstream and downstream to food production.
The development of the „Ohne Gentechnik” market shares for animal food in Germany is very positive: As many as 50 percent of the German milk, 60 percent of the poultry meat and 70 percent of eggs are produced „Ohne Gentechnik”. Currently over 8.000 products are labeled with the “Ohne GenTechnik” seal that stand for combined annual sales of about 8 billion euros in 2018. The “Ohne Gentechnik” products for the German market are produced and certified mostly in Germany, but also in about 15 other European countries.
(Updated in September 2018 information provided by Verband Lebensmittel ohne Gentechnik e.V. (VLOG))
