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Department of Agriculture says it will verify companies' claims of using non-GMO ingredients through its Process Verified Program. USDA/AMS hide caption toggle caption USDA/AMS If you want to know if the beef you're buying is grassfed, there's a U.S. Department of Agriculture label for that.

The agency is also behind the nation's biggest certified organic label, and an one, too. But how do you know whether a product is made with genetically modified organisms?

It's not always easy to tell. For companies that want to certify their food as being free of these ingredients, there's the administered by the independent Non-GMO Project.

Some companies, like General Mills, just put 'Not made with genetically modified ingredients' on the box of Cheerios. But, increasingly, there's been a push for the federal government to step into GMO labeling. Now, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced in a letter to his staff (dated May 1) that the agency's Agricultural Marketing Service is developing a verification program for food products containing genetically modified ingredients. 'Recently, a leading global company asked AMS to help verify that the corn and soybeans it uses in its products are not genetically engineered so that the company could label the products as such,' Vilsack wrote in the letter. 'And AMS worked with the company to develop testing and verification processes to verify the non-GE claim.' (The company has not been named, but is expected to make an announcement soon.). UPDATE, May 18, 11:40 a.m.: SunOpta Inc.

Monday as 'the first food manufacturing facility in the U.S. To receive USDA Process Verified Program verification for Non-Genetically Modified Organisms/Non-Genetically Engineered products.' And, Vilsack added, 'other companies are already lining up to take advantage of this service.' The announcement comes at a time when a lot of consumer and environmental groups have been calling for mandatory labeling of GMOs. But since the government says GMO ingredients on the market are safe, this will not be a mandatory label. The Grocery Manufacturers Association the Food and Drug Administration to outline labeling standards companies can use voluntarily, though the industry group has resisted the idea of mandatory labeling.

But as companies increasingly try to use GMO-free as a marketing advantage, it's clear from the letter that some want the USDA's help. As with the agency's other, widely trusted certification programs, this one will be aimed at creating more transparency for consumers and producers. So, here's how the system will work: Companies that want to use the USDA's Non-GMO Label will pay to participate in the Companies will submit documents such as desk and onsite audits. And, AMS spokesman Sam Jones-Ellard says, the USDA will also send auditors on site to verify that the foods are not being produced with any GMO materials. As this issue gains traction with consumers, lots of Americans are of GMO foods.

And more are just flat out about, where they are in the food supply and whether they're dangerous. There is no evidence, by the way, that eating genetically-modified foods poses a threat to health.

But, out of precaution, it seems, more consumers are avoiding them. And retailers and restaurants are responding to customers' evolving expectations. Just last month, Chipotle it would remove most ingredients made with GMOs from its menu.

And two years ago, Whole Foods its suppliers that by 2018 all of its products in its U.S. And Canadian stores must indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms.

Ams Process Verified

There’s A New Non-GMO Label on the Block. (AMS) has maintained a Process Verified Program. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Process Verified Program. SunOpta’s Hope, MN location is the first facility to receive certification for our non-GMO/GE program through the USDA’s Process Verified Program (PVP).

Usda Ams Process Verified Program

The USDA Process Verified Program is a verification service that offers applicants a unique way to market their products to customers using clearly defined, implemented, and transparent process points. An applicant’s program may include one or more agricultural processes or portions of processes where self-described process points are (1) supported by a documented management system, and (2) independently verified by a qualified AMS auditor. AMS auditors conduct a rigorous review of a company’s program, first with a desk audit to ensure all program requirements are accounted for and documented in their Quality Manual, followed by a comprehensive on-site audit of all facilities and phases of the operation that impact process verified points. View the A documented program supported by a management system allows applicants the opportunity to assure customers of their ability to provide consistent quality products. Process points may include how a company conforms to various internal, industry, international or customer defined requirements. As such, process points must be verifiable, repeatable, feasible, and factual and cannot be requirements of regulations or management system criteria. Examples of process points verified by AMS include but are not limited to: adherence to a recognized standard that is not otherwise required by the quality management system or regulation; a production and/or handling practice that provides specific information to consumers to enable them to make informed decisions on the products that they buy; a service with a characteristic for that type of operation; a quantifiable characteristic such as size, weight, or age; and a characteristic, practice, or requirement that is specifically requested by a customer or consumer. AMS uses the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 9000 series standards for documented quality management systems as a format for evaluating USDA Process Verified Program documentation to ensure consistent auditing practices and promote international recognition of audit results.

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Applicants with an approved USDA Process Verified Program may develop promotional materials associated with their process verified points, use the USDA PVP shield in accordance with Program requirements and market themselves as 'USDA Process Verified'. The USDA Process Verified Program does not relieve the company of meeting regulatory requirements. PVP service providers offer verification services that ensure live animals such as cattle, swine, sheep and poultry from growing operations to harvest facilities meet various requirements and standards.