“Bez GMO (non-GMO) Standard owned by the SKK (Commodities and feed association) is recognise by the German company VLOG.

We are pleased to inform you that after one-year long hard work we achieved mutual recognition of the “non-GMO” Standard (Standard “Bez GMO”) and the „Ohne Gentechnik“ Standard (non-GMO Standard) VLOG at the end of the year 2020.

It means that the company VLOG recognized the “Bez GMO” Standard, version 2.0 „as equivalennt“ at the end of the year 2020.

Subsequently, a regular contract between SKK and VLOG on mutual recognition of the two standards was signed in January 2021.

The information about the recognition of the “Bez GMO” Standard, version 2.0 was published on the VLOG website in the list of recognised standards: Standards_recognised_as_equivalent.pdf (ohnegentechnik.org)

To complete the news, you can find here some important information:

• The new wording of the “Bez GMO” Standard was published on the website www.bezgmo.cz in the section “Documents of standard” on 1 January 2021
• The new wording of the “Bez GMO” Standard was valid from 1 January 2021 with a transition period until 30 June 2021 when the “Bez GMO” Standard version 1.0 expired and this standard was cancelled.
• Companies allready certified had to implement the requirements of the “Bez GMO” Standard, version 2.0 by 30 June 2021
• Certificates issued under the previous version of the Standard (version 1.0) remained valid until the date of validity, but were not recognised as equivalent with VLOG.

An update to the “Bez GMO” Standard has been issued and published, effective from July 1, 2025. The revision of the standard follows changes in VLOG documentation and harmonizes the main changes in requirements.
For further information, please contact SKK or your certification body directly.

For further information feel free to contact the SKK or your certification body directly any time.

The “Bez GMO” Standard, version 2.1 is in Czech language here and in Czech language here