Can genetically modified crops be certified organic by the Oregon Tilth?
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at
6:54 pm
Tagged with: Certified • crops • Genetically • Modified • Oregon • Organic • Tilth
Filed under: Organic Food news
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NO. As of this date, GM crops cannot be certified organically grown anywhere in the US.
See the FAQ at the site below. It is covered in the first question, “What is Organic”?
Yes, but not according to the standards. There almost certainly is some level of genetically modified organisms in certified organic, just there isn’t supposed to be. The common modifcations can be tested for but there isn’t any test that will tell you something is genetically modified, what you do is look for a particular protein or proteins in known gentically modified varieties of the crop in question.
Marv
No but I believe the USDA organic program (which Oregon Tilth follows as the are a certifier for the USA) allows up to .5% contamination with the grain crops