[Market-farming] corn gluten

Road's End Farm organic87 at frontiernet.net
Thu Jan 31 13:25:11 EST 2008


On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Sharon and Steve wrote:

> Could a person make and sell a product like corn bread with GMO corn 
> and
> meet organic specifications?
>
> MAsteveINE
>
If you were selling the corn bread as "organic" or as "made with 
organic corn", no. GMO corn isn't acceptable in organic production, so 
bread made from such corn would not be considered "organic".

If other ingredients in the bread were organic, you could say that on 
the label; in what fashion you could say so depends on what total 
percentage of the ingredients (excluding water and salt, which don't 
count in determining percentages).

See section 205.300 through 205.310 of the USDA standards.

As far as using corn gluten in organically certified fields: The OMRI 
list of generic materials acceptable for organic production says that 
corn gluten, whether used as soil amendment or pesticide, "must not be 
derived from genetically modified corn". It's allowed as a soil 
amendment, restricted (permitted under some conditions) as a pesticide. 
(The word "pesticide", used in this sense, includes "herbicide".)

I expect it would be up to the certifier to decide what proof they 
would accept that a specific batch of gluten wasn't from GMO corn. If 
you're not certified but want to keep to the standards, I'd talk to the 
supplier.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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