Biotech Updates

Application for Environmental Release of GM Soybean in Canada

March 9, 2012

Developer of genetically modified soybean event DAS-68416-4, Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. has applied for the crop's environmental release for livestock, feed and food use in Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada (HC) announced that it received the submission. All the pertinent dossiers can be viewed at their website including the modification method, inheritance and stability of the introduced trait, description of the novel traits, toxicity and allergenicity of the novel gene products, nutritional evaluation of the event and evaluation of the environmental impact of the event.

See the announcement at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plants-with-novel-traits/notices-of-submission/das-68416-4-soybean/eng/1330749672287/1330750145805