🌽Bayer CropScience Seeks Nonregulated Status for MON 95275 Maize
Bayer CropScience: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for MON 95275 Maize (Corn)
Summary
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Bayer CropScience seeking a determination of nonregulated status for MON 95275 maize (corn) which has been developed using genetic engineering to produce two insecticidal proteins and a double-stranded RNA transcript to provide protection from feeding damage caused by targeted coleopteran (corn rootworm) insect pests. We are making the petition and draft plant pest risk assessment available for public review and comment.
Agencies
- Agriculture Department
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Business Impact
$$$ - High
The text outlines a federally recognized petition for nonregulated status of genetically engineered corn, which could significantly affect agricultural practices and market dynamics for businesses in the farming sector. This represents a regulatory requirement that stakeholders must comply with and potentially opens pathways to new crop management strategies.