Developer:
Monsanto Company (including fully and partly owned companies)

Method of Trait Introduction:
Microparticle bombardment of plant cells or tissue

GM Trait :
Glyphosate herbicide tolerance

Commercial Trait:
(Singular)  Herbicide Tolerance

Summary of Basic Genetic Modification

Gene Introduced	Gene Source	Product	Function
mepsps	Zea mays	modified 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) enzyme	confers tolerance to glyphosate herbicides

 

Summary of Regulatory Approvals: Country, Year and Type of Approval

Country	Food direct use or processing	Feed direct use or processing	Cultivation domestic or non-domestic use
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
European Union
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Paraguay
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United States
Uruguay
Vietnam

 

Event Description

• CBD Biosafety Clearing House
• CERA GM Crop Database

Regulatory and Biosafety Information

• Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
• Brazil CTNBio
• Bureau of Plant Industry - Philippines
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• European Commission
• European Food Safety Authority
• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Japan Biosafety Clearing House
• Malaysia Biosafety Clearing House
• US Department of Agriculture - APHIS
• US Food and Drug Administration
• USDA-FAS GAIN Report - China 2018

Detection Methods

• EU Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed
• GMO Detection Method Database