GMO Seed Identification

GMO Seed Labeling

• As of 2011, no U.S. laws require any product developed with GMOs to be labeled as such. Thus, genetically modified seeds cannot be identified expressly from the package or catalog literature.

GMO Seed Testing

• Performing laboratory tests is the most accurate way to identify whether GMOs are present in a seed crop. The most user-friendly and inexpensive version is known as the ELISA test, which uses a dipstick to test for the presence of a protein associated with the GMO in question.

Locating Non-GMO Seeds

• While no company is required to label its product as containing GMOs, many have voluntarily adopted the non-GMO label. Seeds certified as organic cannot knowingly contain GMOs. Likewise, many growers and seed sellers have opted to sign the Safe Seed Pledge, which excludes GMO-produced seeds. Seeds without one of these indicators may or may not contain GMOs.