Products of animal origin shall come from animals that have not eaten feed consisting of, containing or produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) during the rearing period.
Traces of permitted GMOs1 may only be present in a proportion not exceeding 0.9 per cent for each individual raw material, provided that the presence is unintentional or technically unavoidable.
1“Permitted GMOs” refers to GMOs approved in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC and included in the European Commission’s list of GMOs approved for human consumption.