Biotech Updates

Bayer Submits License Application Regarding GM Cotton

August 1, 2008

Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd has submitted a license application to Australia’s Office of the Gene Regulator for an intentional release of cotton plants that have been genetically modified for insect resistance and herbicide resistance. The release is proposed to take place at one site in New South Wales.

No plants from the GM cotton would be used for human food or animal feed or for the production of fabrics and/or other cotton products.

To read more, visit http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/Content/dir087-3/$FILE/dir087ebnotific.pdf.