Event Name: GA21
Event Code : MON-ØØØ21-9
Trade Name: Roundup Ready™ Maize, Agrisure™GT
Crop: Zea mays L. - Maize, Corn
- Basic Information
- Authorizations
- Documents and Links
Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)
Method of Trait Introduction:
Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue
GM Trait
:
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance
Commercial Trait:
(Singular)
Herbicide Tolerance
Summary of Basic Genetic Modification
| Gene Introduced | Gene Source | Product | Function |
| mepsps | Zea mays | modified 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme | confers tolerance to glyphosate herbicides |
Summary of Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval
| Country | Food direct use or processing |
Feed direct use or processing |
Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use |
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| Uruguay | |||
| Vietnam |
renewed 2008, 2011, 2014
renewed 2008, 2011, 2014
expires 2018
expires 2018
This event in sweet corn was approved for food in 2012.
renewed 2014
renewal 2008
renewal 2008
expired 2008/discontinued product
Environmental Certificate Only
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Last updated: May 19, 2016
Event Description
Regulatory and Biosafety Information
- Brazil CTNBio
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- European Commission
- European Food Safety Authority
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
- Japan Biosafety Clearing House
- Malaysia Biosafety Clearing House
- US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
- US Food and Drug Administration
Detection Methods
Last updated: May 6, 2013
