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2007-03-30 | permalink
NCGA advises growers new biotech trait lacks Japanese approval
The 2007 corn planting season is under way, and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) advises growers Syngenta’s Agrisure™ Rootworm trait (MIR 604) has not received full approval in Japan. NCGA’s biotechnology policy only supports events that have received full regulatory approval in the United States and Japan.
”We have requested Syngenta not release hybrids containing this trait this planting season,” said NCGA President Ken McCauley. ”Growers planting the Agrisure™ Rootworm trait should be aware that if Japanese regulatory approvals are not granted by harvest, there will be serious restrictions on the marketability of the grain.”
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2007-03-30 | permalink
NCGA advises growers new biotech trait lacks Japanese approval
The 2007 corn planting season is under way, and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) advises growers Syngenta’s Agrisure™ Rootworm trait (MIR 604) has not received full approval in Japan. NCGA’s biotechnology policy only supports events that have received full regulatory approval in the United States and Japan.
”We have requested Syngenta not release hybrids containing this trait this planting season,” said NCGA President Ken McCauley. ”Growers planting the Agrisure™ Rootworm trait should be aware that if Japanese regulatory approvals are not granted by harvest, there will be serious restrictions on the marketability of the grain.”
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