Novozymes A/S develops, produces and distributes enzymes for various industries including the food industry. A large part of these enzymes are produced by genetically modified microorganisms (GMOs).

Our enzymes are produced under well controlled conditions in closed fermentation tanks, and, due to an efficient purification process in which the enzyme is separated from the production strain, the final enzyme product does not contain any GMOs.

It has always been a basic principle of Novozymes to inform all interested parties openly about our products and the way they are produced.

Information about any use of a genetically modified production strain for our enzyme products is always given in product sheets and other informative material delivered to the customer.

Novozymes acknowledges the consumer’s right to have sufficient information about the product they want to buy in order to make an informed choice.

One way of providing such information is by labelling the products. Rules on labelling of food products containing certain ingredients derived from GMOs have already been issued by the EU.

Novozymes participates in ongoing discussions in the EU in order to obtain an improved labelling system which is operational for food producers and retailers, and at the same time ensures that the consumer is kept informed.

Novozymes will continue the dialogue with the general public and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in order to ensure an open dialogue and easily accessable information on our products and their manufacturing processes.