NSF Joins Non-GMO Project

ANN ARBOR, Mich.NSF International will join the Non-GMO Project as a technical administrator in early 2014, offering retail grocers, food growers, manufactures and restaurants another option to earn verification for the non-GMO label.

NSF is currently conducting beta tests on its Non-GMO Project quality system and infrastructure with a goal to be fully operational in 2014.

As a broad-based food safety and quality assurance provider, and given the increased consumer and retailer demand for non-GMO verified foods, it made sense for NSF International to add this program to its growing portfolio of food safety and quality service offerings," said Tom Chestnut, vice president of NSF Internationals Global Food Division. NSF International has a network of hundreds of expert auditors worldwide in addition to nearly 70 years of food certification and auditing expertise."

The increase in demand for Non-GMO foods has forced retailers, food manufacturers and processors to expand their efforts for delivering credible, certified food options. Whole Foods Market announced that by 2018 all products in the U.S. and Canadian stores must be labeled to indicate whether or not they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Were responding to our customers who have consistently asked us for GMO labeling, and we are doing so by focusing on where we have control: in our own stores," said Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. We are working together with our supplier partners to grow our non-GMO supply chain to ensure we can continue to provide these choices in the future. NSF International is providing an important service to help meet the demand for Non-GMO Project verification."