Brazil's CTNBio Approves New GM Maize

Date:06-27-2013

Brazil's National Technical Commission on Biosafety (Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança, or CTNBio), at its 163rd plenary meeting on June 20 approved the commercial release of genetically modified maize TC1507 x DAS-59122-7, an insect resistant herbicide tolerant variety developed by Dow AgroSciences Seeds and Biotechnology Brazil Ltda. and DuPont Brazil SA.