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Vietnam Issues Biosafety Certificates to Two Herbicide Tolerant Maize |
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam (MoNRE) has issued on November 3, 2014, decisions No. 2485 and 2486 / QD-BTNMT granting certificates of biosafety for herbicide resistant transgenic maize with event GA21 (Syngenta Vietnam Co.) and NK603 (Dekalb Vietnam Co., Ltd.). The decisions came after assessing and evaluating the dossiers for registration in accordance with the provisions of Circular No. 08/2013 / TT-BTNMT dated May 16, 2013 stipulating procedures for granting and revoking certificates for biological safety of GM crops.
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Rat Feeding Tests Show Bt Rice is Safe |
Bt rice (mfb-MH86) produces cry1Ab protein to reduce feeding damage of pests including Asiatic pink stem borer (Sesamia inferens), Asiatic rice borer (Chilo suppressalis), yellow stem borer (Tryporyza incertulas) and rice leafroller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis). Huan Song of China Agricultural University and colleagues used rice flour from Bt rice and its non-biotech counterpart (MH86) for 90-days feeding test of Sprague-Dawley rats. The researchers separately formulated rodent diets at concentrations of 17.5, 35 and 70 % (w/w).
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GM APPROVAL UPDATES |
- The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the cotton event GFM cry1A for commercial cultivation.
- Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
- The Philippines approved the soybean event GMB 151 for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
- The USA approved the canola event MON94100 for food and feed.
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