EPA cancels Monsanto’s GM maize products

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPAs order for the cancellations of certain products containing the pesticides, Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (vector PV-ZMIR13L) in MON 863 corn (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Unique Identifier: MON-[Oslash][Oslash]863-5) and/or Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (vector PV-ZMCT01) in MON 810 corn (OECD Unique Identifier: MON-[Oslash][Oslash]81[Oslash]-6), pursuant to section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order will follow the September 30, 2010, expiration of two conditional, time-limited registrations that are listed in Table 1 of Unit II. These are the last products containing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (vector PV-ZMIR13L) in MON 863 corn (OECD Unique Identifier: MON-[Oslash][Oslash]863-5), but are not the last products containing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (vector PV-ZMCT01) in MON 810 corn (OECD Unique Identifier: MON-[Oslash][Oslash]81[Oslash]-6), registered for use in the United States. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective September 30, 2010.

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