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March 03, 2011

South Korea permits Syngenta’s Agrisure stacked-GM corn

Syngenta Seeds, Inc. has received import approval from regulatory authorities in South Korea for hybrids containing the Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack. The Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack combines the Agrisure Viptera  trait with the Agrisure 3000GT trait stack to provide control of 14 above- and below-ground corn pests, more than any other commercially available product in corn trait history.

This approval allows the importation of US corn grown from hybrids containing the trait stack into South Korea for food, feed or processing use. South Korean authorities previously approved the single Agrisure Viptera trait in October 2010. “Import approval from South Korea provides US corn growers access to yet another valuable market,” said David Morgan, president of Syngenta Seeds. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
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