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Detail

Area
United States of America
Commodity Group
Grains
Commodity
Wheat
Date
01/12/2015
Policy Category
Production
Policy Instrument
GMO policy
Description
Announced that plant developers will be required to apply for a permit for field trials involving genetically modified wheat from 1 January 2016. This is more stringent than the process set in 1997, under which such trials were authorized by notification.