Biotech Updates

USDA Extends Comment Period on GM Corn and Soybean

February 26, 2014

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) extended the comment period on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) until March 11. The DEIS evaluates the potential environmental impacts of one corn and two soybean herbicide tolerant varieties developed by Dow AgroSciences. According to APHIS, the extension is a response to stakeholder requests to provide more time for comments.

Read the official announcement at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2014/02/pdf/sa_comments_ge_corn_soybeans.pdf.