| Fargo
, ND – SK Food International announces its status as a Non-GMO Project
Verified company. Ingredients SK Food International has enrolled
in the program include yellow soybeans, soybean meal and flour,
soy oil, Crimson Red, blue, white and yellow corn, corn oil, and
flaxseed. SK Food International has already made its first sale
of Non-GMO Project Verified product, which was certified organic
soy oil. 
“We are proud
to be part of this program and fully support the initiatives and
beliefs of the Non-GMO Project” notes Aaron Skyberg, SK Food International
Sales/Marketing.
Skyberg
serves on the Non-GMO Project Technical Advisory Board and Standards
Committee. “SK Food International has shown deep commitment to ensuring
the sustained availability of non-GMO choices. From early participation
on the Non-GMO Project's Technical Advisory Board to now being one
of the first “Non-GMO Project Verified” ingredient suppliers, SK
Food International is a true leader on this vitally important issue,”
states Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO Project.
SK
Food International has been supplying non-GMO ingredients for almost
20 years, which already included GMO testing. “Similar to our organic
certification, our Non-GMO Project verification is a way to better
serve our customers as a Best Value ingredient supplier by verifying
that our ingredients are non-GMO,” says Skyberg.
The
Non-GMO Project is a non-profit organization, created by leaders
representing all sectors of the organic and natural products industry
in the U.S. and Canada, to offer consumers a consistent non-GMO
choice for organic and natural products that are produced without
genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technologies. The Program
is process-based, and encompasses traceability, segregation, and
testing at critical control points.
SK
Food International supplies a full line of Premium Quality Ingredients
including Identity Preserved: Certified Organic and Conventional
Non-GMO soybeans, grains, seeds, dry edible beans, flours/meals,
rice products, vegetable oils, vinegars, brans/germs/fibers, instant
powders/flakes, split/dehulled soybeans and sweeteners to a worldwide
market.
Aaron
Skyberg
Photo by Trish Crapo courtesy
of
Organic Trade Association
For more information contact:
SK Food International,
Inc.
4666 Amber
Valley Parkway
Fargo , ND
58104
Ph. 701-356-4106
Fax 701-356-4102
Email: skfood@skfood.com
Website: www.skfood.com |