Biotech Updates

GM Notifications in Europe

March 28, 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 March 2008, these include:

  • Herbicide tolerant GA21 maize (Syngenta) field trial in Denmark
  • 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
Visit http://gmoinfo.jrc.it/gmp_browse.aspx for more information..