Organic food processing company SunOpta Inc.’s Hope, Minnesota facility has become the first food manufacturing facility in the US to receive USDA Process Verified Program (PVP) verification for Non-Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)/Non-Genetically Engineered (GE) products.
USDA granted a 6-month approval for the company’s facility to produce PVP verified Non-GE/GMO food-grade soybeans and corn. SunOpta's soybeans and corn will be the first produced in the US to have the full auditing and verification of the USDA. The company will apply for a verification extension at the end of the initial six months and the company plans to expand the PVP standards at more facilities.