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2014-11-21 |

Success Stories: Non-GMO Project in USA and the Swiss Soy Network

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Non-GMO Project Gains Importance In the USA
Non GMO project Concerns about genetically modified organisms in food and agriculture is often treated as a specific concern to consumers in European markets only. However, reviewing the on-going negotiations between the US and the EU, it is interesting to see the rising number of concerned American consumers who are asking for GM-labelling and are involved in the Non-GMO project. The non-GMO Project is organised as a not-profit organisation, offering third party verification and labelling of Non-GMO products. Verification of non-GMO Products is based on a detailed Standard, and is similar to the Standard of VLOG in Germany, and ARGE Gentechnik-frei in Austria.

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Success Story – The Swiss Soy Network
Switzerland plays a minor role in the global soy business; Swiss soybean production counts for only 0.001 percent of global harvest and Switzerland buys around 0.4% of the traded soymeal worldwide. However, the country has contributed considerably to alleviate the negative consequences of soy production.
The success factors for this result are:
- Purchasing of responsible Non-GMO soy needs a long-term commitment between all players in the value chain. Long lasting relationships, contracts, policies and strategies for sustainability are a pre-condition for the functioning of the network to achieve common goals.
- The network follows a pragmatic approach based on existing Standards such as Bio Suisse, ProTerra, RTRS Non-GMO and Danube Soy.
- Because no separated flow of goods was needed and the import of responsible soy had risen slowly and continuously year by year, the consumers never faced a price increase for Swiss meat, egg and milk.

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