2024年3月23日发(作者：力梧)
ISCC 205-05 Additional guid-
ance for GMO / Non GMO mate-
rial
Additional guidance for GMO / Non GMO material
ISCC 205-05
V 1.0-PLUS
Copyright notice
© ISCC 2015
This ISCC document is protected by copyright. It is freely available from the ISCC website or
upon request.
No part of this copyrighted document might be changed or amended. The document might not
be duplicated or copied in any form or by any means for commercial purpose without permis-
sion of ISCC.
Document title: ISCC 205-05
Additional guidance for GMO / NON GMO material
Application date: 01 March 2015
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Content
Content ..................................................................................................................................... 3
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2
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4
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 4
Scope ............................................................................................................................. 4
Normative references .................................................................................................... 4
Additional guidance for requirements for the production of Non GMO biomass ............ 5
4.1 Fundamentals ................................................................................................................ 5
4.2 Field sizes and safety distances .................................................................................... 5
4.3 Material sampling for PCR analysis ................................................................................ 6
4.4 Material handling and avoidance of commingling ........................................................... 6
ISCC 205-05 Additional guidance for GMO / NON GMO material 3 of 6
1 Introduction
The additional guidance for the treatment of GMO / NON GMO material gives further guide-
lines for sustainable biomass considered for the certification under ISCC PLUS 205-03 or
ISCC PLUS 205-04 respectively.
Major subject of certification described within this document are single farms, first gathering
points and/or conversion units. This document describes guidelines especially for producers
of NON GMO material. Further downstream elements of the supply chain are requested to
pay attention to the guidance for GMO material handling.
2 Scope
In addition to the ISCC documents 205-03 and 205-04, this document describes further guid-
ance for the biomass production considered for the certification of material for Non GMO for
technical markets or material for Non GMO for Food & Feed respectively. The additional
guidance described hereafter is to be applied only for producers of sustainable biomass and
its treatment along the supply chain.
3 Normative references
As a basic principle, all relevant ISCC documents are valid for the scope of application. The
normative references display the documents whose contents are linked and have to be con-
sidered as conjoint points.
Relevant references:
ISCC PLUS 102
ISCC PLUS 201
ISCC PLUS 202
ISCC PLUS 203
ISCC PLUS 205-03
ISCC PLUS 205-04
National and Regional Initiative
System Basics
Sustainability Requirements – Requirements for the Production of
Biomass
Requirements for Traceability
Non GMO for Food & Feed
Non GMO for technical markets
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4.1
Additional guidance for requirements for the production of
Non GMO biomass
Fundamentals
The requirements for the production of sustainable biomass are based on the six ISCC prin-
ciples (see ISCC 202). Any farm or plantation that goes through an ISCC audit shall comply
with relevant national and regional laws and regulations.
4.2 Field sizes and safety distances
The farmer growing Non GMO feedstock shall maintain appropriate safety distances from
adjacent GMO-grown fields if necessary. In countries where GMO cultivation is per se not
allowed or underlies very strict requirements on safety distances to Non GMO feedstock the
requirements on safety distances do not apply.
Safety distances between fields with Non GMO feedstock and fields with GMO feedstock are
important to avoid cross-pollination. Therefore the location of so-called “Non GMO” and GMO
fields must be determined. In this context, a Non GMO field is defined as one coherent “Non
GMO” field even if it includes dividing features (such as water ways, trees, driveways or rail-
road tracks) as long as the farm/plantation subject to Non GMO certification owns and/or
rents the entire field. Land that is owned or rented by any other third party cannot be consid-
ered in the field approach of a Non GMO certified farmer unless that land is farmed under the
same Non GMO conditions.
The following section describes the approach to determine safety distances between “Non
GMO” and “GMO” fields. However, a farmer shall always take into account further factors
that influence the likelihood of crosspollination, such as feedstock pollination characteristics,
landscape conditions and surrounding area.
Generally harvests from fields of a size less than three hectares are less appropriate to be
considered for Non GMO certification. Harvests from fields larger than nine hectares are less
likely to require specific measures such as safety distances.
Harvests from field sizes between three and nine hectares and aiming for Non GMO for Food
& Feed certification under ISCC PLUS 205-03 should be checked on their relative position to
surrounding fields seeded with GMO material. Either
• a minimum distance of 500 meters as a “buffer zone” is kept between the two fields or
• perimeter material
1
of the “Non GMO” field is veritably excluded from the overall field
harvest considered for certification. The perimeter material must be considered as
GMO and physically segregated from the rest of the field harvest
1 Perimeter material refers to the 12 outer boundary rows of material adjacent to surrounding fields on
which GMO material is grown.
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2024年3月23日发(作者：力梧)
ISCC 205-05 Additional guid-
ance for GMO / Non GMO mate-
rial
Additional guidance for GMO / Non GMO material
ISCC 205-05
V 1.0-PLUS
Copyright notice
© ISCC 2015
This ISCC document is protected by copyright. It is freely available from the ISCC website or
upon request.
No part of this copyrighted document might be changed or amended. The document might not
be duplicated or copied in any form or by any means for commercial purpose without permis-
sion of ISCC.
Document title: ISCC 205-05
Additional guidance for GMO / NON GMO material
Application date: 01 March 2015
ISCC 205-05 Additional guidance for GMO / NON GMO material 2 of 6
Content
Content ..................................................................................................................................... 3
1
2
3
4
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 4
Scope ............................................................................................................................. 4
Normative references .................................................................................................... 4
Additional guidance for requirements for the production of Non GMO biomass ............ 5
4.1 Fundamentals ................................................................................................................ 5
4.2 Field sizes and safety distances .................................................................................... 5
4.3 Material sampling for PCR analysis ................................................................................ 6
4.4 Material handling and avoidance of commingling ........................................................... 6
ISCC 205-05 Additional guidance for GMO / NON GMO material 3 of 6
1 Introduction
The additional guidance for the treatment of GMO / NON GMO material gives further guide-
lines for sustainable biomass considered for the certification under ISCC PLUS 205-03 or
ISCC PLUS 205-04 respectively.
Major subject of certification described within this document are single farms, first gathering
points and/or conversion units. This document describes guidelines especially for producers
of NON GMO material. Further downstream elements of the supply chain are requested to
pay attention to the guidance for GMO material handling.
2 Scope
In addition to the ISCC documents 205-03 and 205-04, this document describes further guid-
ance for the biomass production considered for the certification of material for Non GMO for
technical markets or material for Non GMO for Food & Feed respectively. The additional
guidance described hereafter is to be applied only for producers of sustainable biomass and
its treatment along the supply chain.
3 Normative references
As a basic principle, all relevant ISCC documents are valid for the scope of application. The
normative references display the documents whose contents are linked and have to be con-
sidered as conjoint points.
Relevant references:
ISCC PLUS 102
ISCC PLUS 201
ISCC PLUS 202
ISCC PLUS 203
ISCC PLUS 205-03
ISCC PLUS 205-04
National and Regional Initiative
System Basics
Sustainability Requirements – Requirements for the Production of
Biomass
Requirements for Traceability
Non GMO for Food & Feed
Non GMO for technical markets
ISCC 205-05 Additional guidance for GMO / NON GMO material 4 of 6
4
4.1
Additional guidance for requirements for the production of
Non GMO biomass
Fundamentals
The requirements for the production of sustainable biomass are based on the six ISCC prin-
ciples (see ISCC 202). Any farm or plantation that goes through an ISCC audit shall comply
with relevant national and regional laws and regulations.
4.2 Field sizes and safety distances
The farmer growing Non GMO feedstock shall maintain appropriate safety distances from
adjacent GMO-grown fields if necessary. In countries where GMO cultivation is per se not
allowed or underlies very strict requirements on safety distances to Non GMO feedstock the
requirements on safety distances do not apply.
Safety distances between fields with Non GMO feedstock and fields with GMO feedstock are
important to avoid cross-pollination. Therefore the location of so-called “Non GMO” and GMO
fields must be determined. In this context, a Non GMO field is defined as one coherent “Non
GMO” field even if it includes dividing features (such as water ways, trees, driveways or rail-
road tracks) as long as the farm/plantation subject to Non GMO certification owns and/or
rents the entire field. Land that is owned or rented by any other third party cannot be consid-
ered in the field approach of a Non GMO certified farmer unless that land is farmed under the
same Non GMO conditions.
The following section describes the approach to determine safety distances between “Non
GMO” and “GMO” fields. However, a farmer shall always take into account further factors
that influence the likelihood of crosspollination, such as feedstock pollination characteristics,
landscape conditions and surrounding area.
Generally harvests from fields of a size less than three hectares are less appropriate to be
considered for Non GMO certification. Harvests from fields larger than nine hectares are less
likely to require specific measures such as safety distances.
Harvests from field sizes between three and nine hectares and aiming for Non GMO for Food
& Feed certification under ISCC PLUS 205-03 should be checked on their relative position to
surrounding fields seeded with GMO material. Either
• a minimum distance of 500 meters as a “buffer zone” is kept between the two fields or
• perimeter material
1
of the “Non GMO” field is veritably excluded from the overall field
harvest considered for certification. The perimeter material must be considered as
GMO and physically segregated from the rest of the field harvest
1 Perimeter material refers to the 12 outer boundary rows of material adjacent to surrounding fields on
which GMO material is grown.
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