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Indiana Crop Improvement Association is now a Non GMO Project Approved Laboratory


Lafayette, Indiana, USA
August 24, 2015

Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) is pleased to announce they are now considered a Non GMO Project Approved Laboratory.

The PCR testing protocol utilized by ICIA meets the standard requirements of the Non GMO Project for all crop species including corn and soybeans. ICIA received their ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 accreditation in October of 2014 which is a requirement of the Non GMO Project Standard.

"Completing the laboratory approval process with the Non GMO Project will allow us to continue to provide superior PCR testing services to our current customers who wish to conform to the Project standards," says Emily Dierking, ICIA Genetics Program Director.

Alan Galbreth, CEO adds, "Additionally, our testing services may now appeal to a new sector of the market."

ICIA is an ISO 9001: 2008 and ISO/IEC 17025: 2005 accredited laboratory.  ICIA can now be found on the Non GMO Project Accredited Labs list on this webpage

Those with questions about ICIA PCR testing please contact Emily Dierking at dierking@indianacrop.org or call 866.899.2518


Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) is an independent, non-profit organization. Since 1900, ICIA has been a resource for unbiased, third party agriculture quality assurance. In addition to being the official seed certifying agency for the state of Indiana, we provide full-service seed testing including: germination, purity, vigor, bioassay herbicide and other biotech trait testing. Our Genetics Lab offers DNA and Protein based testing for AP-LLP, hybrid purity and NonGMO confirmation. ICIA Field inspection services offer year-round certification, custom quality programs and QA and IP programs.



Published: August 24, 2015

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