Can "Organic" also be GMO?

I always buy organic whenever possible, and avoid Genetically Modified foods. I'm wondering if I buy a packaged/processed food (peanut butter, corn tortillas, tofu, etc.) that is labeled "organic" can it also be a GMO and still use organic labeling because of production?

I have some organic peanut butter and the ingredients list everything as organic. It is from Canada. Thanks for any insights.

Mon. Jan 14, 8:26am

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Friday, November 24, 2006, 11:49 AM

This is regarding the standards In the US - I don't know about other countries:

Something that is labeled 100% organic should not have any GMO ingredients. Something that is labeled Organic has at least 95% organic ingredients. The other 5% can be anything including GMO. If the label says 'made w/ organic ingredients' then it's at least 70% organic, the other 30% can be anything. If the label says 'contains organic ingredients' than it's less than 70% organic and the rest can be anything.

Based on that, you'd think you'd be GMO free w/ 100% organic products (which can be hard to find) but that's not the case. The problem is that pollen drifts and if there's GMO corn being grown next to organic corn, it's likely that some of the GMO pollen has drifted onto the organic corn, thus polluting it. So even folks who are trying to grow organicly can erroneously pass off product that actually has GMO contamination.

You can also look for labels that say Non-GMO or GMO-free. Avoid Corn, Soybeans, Canola/Rapeseed oils as those are big GMO crops.

Good luck!!

Monday, January 14, 2013, 6:57 PM

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your response. I hate how ambiguous it is getting with the food labeling.

My husband works around scientists that deal with farming and agribusiness. I can get a bit neurotic with the GMO thing... it makes my stomach do flip flops.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 8:05 PM

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