Manila, The Philippines
August 8, 2005
Philippines
Biotechnology
Approval Registry Update
2005
USDA/FAS GAIN Report
RP5030
Prepared by: Perfecto G. Corpuz
Report
Highlights:
The Approval
Registry for the Importation of Regulated Articles for Direct
Use for Food, Feed and for Propagation now has 20 Transformation
Events with the July 28, 2005 approval of Monsanto's Sugarbeet
H7-1. Complete Registry is attached.
The Approval Registry for the Importation of Regulated
Articles for Direct Use for Food, Feed and for Propagation now
has 20 Transformation Events (TE) with the
July 28, 2005
approval of Monsanto's Sugarbeet H7-1. The latter is the 4th
TE approved for direct use for food, feed and for propagation by
the Philippine
Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI). Following is the complete list.
APPROVAL REGISTRY FOR THE IMPORTATION OF
REGULATED ARTICLES FOR DIRECT USE FOR FOOD, FEED,
OR PROCESSING as of July 28, 2005 |
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Safety Assessment
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Other Countries with Similar Assessments |
Event |
Introduced trait and gene |
Date Approved |
Food |
Feed |
Propagation
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Developer |
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1. Corn MON 810 |
Resistance to corn borer Cry 1A (b) gene
from Bacillus Thuringiensis |
Dec. 4, 2002 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD, FEED, & PROPAGATION: Argentina,
Canada, Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, USA. |
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2. Corn Bt 11 |
Insect protected, herbicide tolerant
maize - Bt protein from Bacillus Thuringiensis and PAT
protein from Streptomyces viridochromegenes |
Jul. 22, 2003/ Apr. 14, 2005 for
Propagation |
x |
x |
x |
Syngenta |
FOOD & FEED: Argentina, Australia,
Canada, EU, Japan, Switzerland, UK, USA. |
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3. Soybean 40-3-2 |
Resistance to herbicide, Roundup - CP4
EPSSPS from Agrobacterium sp. Strain CP4 |
Jul. 22, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Czech
Republic, Denmark, EU, Japan, Rep. of Korea, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Switzerland, Thailand, Taiwan, USA and UK. FEED: Canada,
EU, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, USA and UK.
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4. Corn NK 603 |
Glyphosate tolerance imparted by the
CP4EPSPS coding sequence |
Sep. 10, 2003/Feb. 8, 2005 for
Propagation |
x |
x |
x |
Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Australia, Canada, Japan,
Rep. of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South
Africa, Taiwan and USA. |
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5. Corn MON 863 |
Cry3Bb1 for resistance to the Corn root
worm, Diabrotica sp. |
Oct. 7, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Canada, Japan and USA. |
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6. Corn TC 1507/ CRY 1F |
Resistance to certain lepidopterous pests
in maize - Cry1F and PAT genes |
Oct. 7, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Pioneer |
FOOD: Canada, Japan, South Africa, Rep.
of Korea and USA. FEED: Canada, Japan, Rep. of Korea,
South Africa and USA. |
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7. Corn DBT 418 |
Lepidopterian resistance, phosphino-
tricin tolerance - Cry1Ac |
Oct. 22, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Australia, Canada, EU, New
Zealand and USA. |
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8. Canola RT 73 |
Glyphosate (Roundup) tolerance - CP4EPSPS |
Oct. 22, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD: Australia, Canada, EU, Japan,
Mexico, New Zealand, UK and USA. FEED: Canada, EU,
Japan, Mexico and USA. |
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9. Corn BT 176 |
Insect protected - Bt protein from
Bacillus Thuringiensis and PAT protein from Streptomyces
viridochromegenes |
Oct. 24, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Syngenta |
FOOD: Australia, Canada, Denmark, EU,
Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa,
Switzerland, UK and USA. FEED: EU, Japan, South Africa,
Switzerland and USA. |
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10. Corn GA 21 |
Modified EPSPS for tolerance to
glyphosate |
Nov. 20, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Australia, Canada, Japan,
Rep. of Korea and USA. |
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11. Corn DLL25 |
Phosphinonoin (PPT) herbicide tolerance
specifically glutosinate ammonium |
Nov. 20, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Argentina, Canada, China and
USA. |
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12. Corn T25 |
Phosphinonoin (PPT) herbicide tolerance
specifically glutosinate |
Dec. 5, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Bayer Crop Science |
FOOD: Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria,
Canada, EU, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa,
Taiwan and USA. FEED: Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, EU,
Japan, South Africa, Switzerland, UK and USA. |
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13. Cotton 1445 |
Tolerance to Roundup herbicide |
Dec. 5, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Argentina, Australia,
Mexico, South Africa and USA. |
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14. Cotton 15985 |
Reistance to lepidopterous pests |
Dec. 5, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Australia and USA.
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15. Potato Bl6 (RBBT02-06) and SPBT02-05
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Resistance to Colorado potato beetle |
Dec. 5, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Canada, Japan and USA.
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16. Potato RBMT 15-101, SEMT 15-02 and
SEMT 15-15 |
Resistance to Colorado potato beetle;
resistance to potato virus Y (PVY) |
Dec. 22, 2003 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Australia, Canada and Japan. |
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17. Cotton 531 |
Resdistance to lepidopterous pests Cry
1Ac |
Feb. 5, 2004 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD: Argentina, Australia, Canada,
China, Colombia, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico,
South Africa and USA. FEED: Argentina, Australia,
Canada, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Mexico, South Africa and USA. |
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18. Potato RBMT21-129, RBMT21-350 and
RBMT 22-82 |
Resistance to Colorado potato beetle -
CryIIIA coding sequence, Resistance to potato leaf roll
virus (PLRV) - PLRV replicase |
Sep. 24, 2004 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
FOOD & FEED: Australia, Canada, Japan and
U.S.A. |
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19. Sugar beet Event 77 |
Glyphosate (Round-up)
Tolerance |
Oct. 21, 2004 |
x |
x |
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Monsanto |
Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Japan
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20. Sugarbeet H7-1 |
CP4EPSPS coding sequence from
Agrobacterium spp. CP4 strain |
Jul. 28, 2005 |
x |
x |
x |
Monsanto |
USA, Japan |
Source:
Bureau of Plant Industry |