{"id":39368,"date":"2016-12-08T07:41:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T06:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbiomassmagazine.com%2Farticles%2F13982%2Fgreen-biologics-certified-under-usda-biopreferred-program"},"modified":"2016-12-07T11:57:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:57:12","slug":"green-biologics-receives-usda-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/green-biologics-receives-usda-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Biologics receives USDA Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ashland, Virginia and Abingdon,\u00a0 Oxfordshire\u00a0 U.K. (November\u00a0 29,\u00a0 2016) \u2013 Green\u00a0 Biologics,\u00a0 Inc,\u00a0 the\u00a0 U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, announced today that its high purity bio-based n-butanol and acetone have received official certification under the USDA BioPreferred\u00ae program.\u00a0 The products are now certified as 100 percent bio-based and are marketed under the BioPure\u2122 brand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving our\u00a0 n-butanol\u00a0 and\u00a0 acetone\u00a0 named\u00a0 as USDA\u00a0 Certified\u00a0 BioBased<br \/>\nProducts\u00a0\u00a0 is yet another\u00a0\u00a0 milestone that\u00a0\u00a0 we\u00a0\u00a0 can\u00a0\u00a0 point\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 when demonstrating<br \/>\nthe\u00a0\u00a0 value\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 differentiation\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 our\u00a0\u00a0 products\u00a0\u00a0 from conventional\u00a0 petrochemical-based commodities,\u201d said David\u00a0 Anderson, Global Vice President of Marketing for Green Biologics.<\/p>\n<p>The BioPreferred program is a USDA-led initiative designed to assist in the development\u00a0 and\u00a0 expansion\u00a0 of\u00a0 markets\u00a0 for\u00a0 bio-based\u00a0 products. Created by the 2002 Farm Bill and expanded as part of the 2014 Farm\u00a0 Bill, BioPreferred\u00a0 is\u00a0 transforming\u00a0 the\u00a0 marketplace\u00a0 for\u00a0 bio-based goods through mandatory\u00a0 purchasing\u00a0 requirements\u00a0 for Federal\u00a0 agencies\u00a0 and\u00a0 contractors, as well as voluntary\u00a0 product certification and labeling.<\/p>\n<p>Products using the USDA Certified Biobased Product label are guaranteed to contain a USDA-verified amount of renewable\u00a0 biological\u00a0 ingredients,\u00a0 enabling\u00a0 consumers\u00a0 to\u00a0 make\u00a0 informed\u00a0 and\u00a0 sustainably-minded\u00a0 purchasing decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe USDA\u2019s BioPreferred program plays a vital role in the global movement away from petro-based products and toward renewable, naturally sourced materials. We\u2019re proud to have our products verified by such a distinguished organization,\u201d adds Anderson. \u201cToday\u2019s consumers are becoming more conscious of chemicals in their\u00a0 everyday\u00a0 lives,\u00a0 and achieving\u00a0 this\u00a0 certification gives\u00a0 them\u00a0 confidence\u00a0 that our\u00a0 products\u00a0 have\u00a0 met\u00a0 the<br \/>\nhighest standards of sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green Biologics, a member of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), is in the early start-up of its first commercial production facility for BioPureTM renewable n-butanol and acetone in Little Falls, Minnesota,and aims to be in commercial production by late 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashland, Virginia and Abingdon,\u00a0 Oxfordshire\u00a0 U.K. (November\u00a0 29,\u00a0 2016) \u2013 Green\u00a0 Biologics,\u00a0 Inc,\u00a0 the\u00a0 U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, announced today that its high purity bio-based n-butanol and acetone have received official certification under the USDA BioPreferred\u00ae program.\u00a0 The products are now certified as 100 percent [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[6843],"supplier":[5433,3142],"class_list":["post-39368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biochemicals","supplier-american-chemistry-council","supplier-green-biologics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39368"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=39368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}