CTNBio to decide on commercial release of transgenic wheat in Brazil this week

Wheat

Brazil

Published Oct 5, 2021

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By Isadora Duarte São Paulo, 10/04/2021 - The National Technical Biosafety Commission (CTNBio) will once again discuss the commercial release of transgenic wheat in Brazil for human and animal consumption. The matter is on the agenda of its 245th ordinary meeting of the collegiate, which will be held next Thursday (7). The expectation is that the Commission will give its final verdict on the matter at the next meeting of the collegiate.

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In early September, in a live report on the deliberations of the monthly meeting, the organization's president, Paulo Barroso, said that the company responsible for the request had sent the requested responses and the rapporteurs were working on the opinion to be presented in October. On June 10, the Commission requested additional information from the applicant, the Tropical Improvement & Genetics (TMG) seed company, to proceed with the analysis of a possible release. The commission does not detail what information and data it requested from the company. The confidential process pending at CTNBio evaluates the permission to market genetically modified wheat to "increase productivity in situations and environments of low water availability and resistant to glufosinate (herbicide), for exclusive use in food, feed or derived or processed products" . The request for the import and sale of transgenic wheat in the country was filed by TMG with the CTNBio in a process on March 28, 2019. ...

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