the wholefood trade's campaign

What does GFA do?

• Researching and publishing details about GM and GM-Free foods and nutritional supplements
• Agreeing GM-free standards for the UK wholefood trade
• Providing members with information, letters and resources to help them go GM-free, to publicise their GM-free status and to campaign on GM issues
• Supporting related campaigns and circulating their leaflets, petitions and postcards via wholefood shops
• Running a stock checking service and enquiry service for members - contact us for details
• Operating a certification scheme for GM-Free businesses
• Lobbying professional bodies and the manufacturers of foods and supplements to make their products GM-Free
• Lobbying the Government to ban GM food and crops - and meanwhile to label them properly and test them more professionally
• Publishing regular e-mail alerts, a newsletter and this website

What's on this site? - Site Map

A guide to what's on this site...
(If you are using frames you can navigate using the buttons on the left hand side, otherwise use the links at the bottom of each page)

1. HOME - this page
2. GM Food - what is it ?
What is GM? Are GM foods safe to eat? Are they safe to grow? Will it feed the Third World? Why does the Third World oppose GM crops? Who's trying to stop GM crops - and why?
3. GM Ingredients
- what are they and how can I spot them? A guide to GM ingredients, derivatives, honey, enzymes, E-numbers, products of GM-fed animals and of animals treated with GM hormones. Ways to tell whether food products contain any of these.
4. Products which may contain GM and Non-GM Products
- Our database of GM and Non-GM products commonly available in wholefood stores. This contains the results of our research programme and is updated regularly. Check here to see which products to avoid. (Includes searchable database)
5. Nutritional Supplements
Our database of Nutritional Supplements for which we have received GM Free guarantees.
6. Organic Food and Agriculture - the alternative to GM. The healthy, environmentally-friendly and Third World friendly alternative to GM crops is organic agriculture. Visit this page to find out why.
7. Campaigns
- ideas for supporters and members. Suggestions for action for both members and the general public.
8. News
- You can download our Newsletter (in Adobe Acrobat format) here.
9. Joining GFA
- How you can become a member, conditions and benefits of membership and a membership form you can print out.
10. Members
- A list of out current members.
11. Resources
- For members and others. Copies of our policy statement; letters, questionaires and statements for members to send to suppliers and customers; details about a range of services we offer to members including our product database, stock check service, E-mail alert service, newsletter and certification scheme.
12. GM Free Certification Scheme
- Your business could be certified as "GM-Free to GFA Standards" - here's how.
13. Links

Genetic Food Alert 4 Bertram House, Ticklemore St, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5EJ Tel: 01803 868523 info@geneticfoodalert.org.uk