Syngenta Seeds, LLC.: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for Insect Resistant MZIR260 Maize (Zea Mays L.)
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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Syngenta Seeds, LLC. seeking a determination of nonregulated status for MZIR260 maize (Zea mays L.), which has been developed using genetic engineering to provide control of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and express the phosphomannose isomerase protein used as a selectable marker. We are making the petition and draft plant pest risk assessment available for public review and comment.
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