Biotech Updates

Philippines Approves 12th Stacked Trait Product

January 19, 2007

The Philippine Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry recently approved Pioneer Hi-Bred's Corn DAS 59122 x Corn NK 603 for direct use as food and/or feed. This would make it the 12th approved stacked trait product eligible for release. Other combined trait products that were already approved include Corn MON810 x Corn NK603 and Cotton 531 x Cotton 1445 by Monsanto, and Corn TC 1507 X Corn NK603 by Pioneer Hi-Bred.

Access the summary of approved combined trait products in the Philippines at http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200701/146279920.doc.