Brazil approved the use of HB4 wheat flour

Brazil approved the use and commercialization of wheat flour with the HB4 event, a drought-tolerant technology that was developed by the Argentine company Bioceres and the Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (Conicet-UNL). Ing. Agr. Martín Mariani Ventura, Global Manager of Seeds and Biotechnology at Bioceres, pointed out that although the consumption and sale of the HB4 wheat derivative was authorized, the introduction of the varieties both in the neighboring country and in the rest of the region is still in process, but with very advanced steps. The approval process by the National Technical Commission for Biosafety of Brazil (CTNBio) began in 2019 and the decision was made unanimously by the Evaluation Committee. Mariani added that, later, the process for the deregulation of the HB4 wheat crop in Brazil will come. Like this approval, HB4 wheat already has three more authorizations in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. The HB4 wheat dossier was also submitted for approval in ...