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==History==
==History==
The Non-GMO Project was started in 2007 by two grocery stores, The Natural Grocery Company (in Berkeley, California), and The Big Carrot Natural Food Market (in Toronto, Ontario). They had already been working to provide transparency of what is in the food they sold, and the development of a rigorous testing and verfiication and lableing program was a pragmatic and market driven response to the desire to offer verified non-GMO choices.[4] The Non-GMO Project has remained active in these two originating countries, the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], since then. The first products with the trademark Butterfly on them appeared on grocery shelves in 2010. As of 2016, the Non-GMO Project had verified over 41,000 products for shoppers seeking third-party verified assurance of GMO avoidance.
The Non-GMO Project was started in 2007 by two grocery stores, The Natural Grocery Company (in Berkeley, California), and The Big Carrot Natural Food Market (in Toronto, Ontario). They had already been working to provide transparency of what is in the food they sold, and the development of a rigorous testing and verfiication and lableing program was a pragmatic and market driven response to the desire to offer verified non-GMO choices.[4] The Non-GMO Project has remained active in these two originating countries, the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], since then. The first products with the trademark Butterfly on them appeared on grocery shelves in 2010. As of 2016, the Non-GMO Project had verified over 41,000 products for shoppers seeking third-party verified assurance of GMO avoidance.
==GM influenced products==
{{main|Genetic Engineering}}
Genetically modified produce has entered almost every part of the food industry. A variety of genetically modified products such as corn and soy are sold directly to consumers, and are therefore somewhat easy to recognize as potentially genetically modified. However, other foods including animal products are also at risk. Meat, milk, and honey are also at risk. Even aspartame, xanthan gum, and vitamins may contain with genetically modified genes. For this reason, the project verifies any food product, even if it is classified as "low risk."<ref>http://livingnongmo.org/learn/gmo-faq</ref>
==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==