Manila, The Philippines
November 15, 2007
USDA/FAS GAIN Report Number:
RP7067
Report Highlights
The Philippine Bureau of
Plant Industry recently approved Syngenta's Corn MIR604
making it the 26th Transformation Event approved for food,
feed and/or processing in the Philippines.
The Philippine Bureau of Plant
Industry recently approved for direct use as food and feed
Syngenta’s Transformation Event (TE) Corn MIR604. The latter
contains modified Cry3A from Baxcillus thuringiensis subsp.
tenebriones which confers resistance to corn rootworm. Corn
MIR604 has obtained similar approvals in the U.S., South Korea,
Australia and New Zealand.
This brings to a total 26 TEs
approved for direct use as food, feed or propagation under the
current biotechnology regulations provided for under the
Department of Agriculture’s Administrative Order No. 8.
Original report:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200711/146292988.pdf
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