Endangered Species Chocolate organic product line has recently become the first line of chocolate bars to obtain "Non-GMO Project Verified" status, to be advertised on its laters later this year.

The verification means that ESC's products contain no genetically modified organisms.

To reach Non-GMO Project compliance the ESC quality department went through a rigorous one-year process, which included a review of all the ingredients in their organic products to verify that they were in compliance with the best practices for GMO avoidance, including testing of GMO risk ingredients.

-- Sandra M. Klepach, SKlepach@News-Herald.com