Biotech Updates

GM Notifications in Europe

March 7, 2008

Notifications on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified (GM) crops for non-commercial use in Europe have been posted online. For February and early March 2008, these include:
  • MON 89034 × MON 88017 maize for use in field trials in Romania
  • NK603 maize for use in field trials in Romania
  • glyphosate tolerant H7-1 sugarbeet for use in field trials in Spain
  • stacked Bt-maize with European corn borer and Western corn rootworm resistance genes on non-target organisms in Germany
See the notification at http://gmoinfo.jrc.it/gmp_browse.aspx, a website managed by the Joint  Research Centre of the European Commission on behalf of the Directorate General for the Environment..