AreaUnited States of America

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date01/12/2015

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentGMO policy

DescriptionAnnounced 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.