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Threshold value

Degree (expressed as percentage) of unintentional, technically unavoidable admixture of GMOs in seed, food or feed.

GMO admixtures up to the degree expressed by the threshold value in question are exempt from the labeling requirements valid in the EU. However, this is only so in the case of unintentional, technically unavoidable admixture and when the GMOs in question have been approved. The intentional admixture of GMOs must be indicated as principle, regardless of degree.

Various threshold values are distinguished:

• For food and feed, a threshold of 0.9 per cent is valid in the EU.
• A threshold value for seeds remains undecided.
• Zero tolerance is applied to trangenic organisms that are unapproved in the European Union.