To be entitled to Full Membership of GFA businesses must not knowingly stock or sell food products that do not meet GFA standards. Furthermore all members must check all products using the GFA database of products. (GM Free Products and Products possibly containing GMs)
Supporter Membership is available for those who do not yet fulfill the Full Membership Criteria.

Products guaranteed as "GM Free too GFA Standards" must not contain or use in their manufacture any of the following.

a. Soya or maize (=corn) products that have not been guaranteed to be non-GM. These could include:  Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP), Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Tofu, Miso, Tempeh, Soya sauce, Polenta, Tortilla chips and flours and meals made from soya or maize.

b. Derivatives of soya, maize (=corn), cotton or oilseed rape that have not been guaranteed to be non-GM [Derivatives affected include some of the following: “vegetable oil”,  soya derivatives such as soya oil (eg as a carrier for vitamins A,D,E), soya starch, soya fibre, lecithin (E322) and vitamin E (d alpha tocopherol); maize derivatives such as corn oil, cornstarch, modified starch, starch-based granulation additives, corn syrup, xanthan gum and some brands of dextrose, glucose, dextrins, maltodextrins, sorbitol and ascorbic acid (=vitamin C) and some coating agents or carriers for vitamins, colours and flavours; cotton derivatives such as cottonseed oil; oilseed rape derivatives such as canola (=rapeseed oil)]

c. Honey or honey products that may come from hives within six miles of a GM crop or test site [Honey products include honey, propolis, beeswax, royal jelly and pollen]

d. GM micro-organisms or their products [GM micro-organisms include some bacteria, brewers yeasts and bakers yeasts.  Products of GM bacteria include riboflavin (=vitamin b2), aspartamine (Equal/Nutrasweet), possibly amino acids such as tryptophan and some of the following enzymes that are used as processing aids (these may not be mentioned on lists of ingredients): alpha-Acetolactate decarboxylase, alpha-Amylase, Catalase, Chymosin A, Chymosin B, Cyclodextrin-glucosyl transferase, beta-Glucanase, Glucose isomerase, Glucose oxidase, Hemicellulase (xylanase), Lipase, triacylglycerol, Maltogenic amylase, Pectinesterase, Protease and Pullulanase. Products of GM yeasts include some yeast extracts, alcohol and fermented products]

e. Products of GM-fed or treated animals. [Such products include meat, gelatin, bonemeal, milk, whey cheese, butter, eggs and albumen from animals raised on feed containing GM ingredients or injected with GM growth hormones such as BST (rBGH)]

18/03/2000

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