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MON-15985-7
Transformation Event	15985
Trade Name	Bollgard II cotton
Applicant	Monsanto
Organism Common Names	Cotton
Organism Scientific Names	Gossypium
Centre of Origin and Diversity
Food and Feed Safety Issues	Compositional considerations for Cotton
Methods for safe handling
Additional Information
Traits	Lepidoptera resistance
Genes	aad, cry1Ac, cry2Ab, neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II), uidA

Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
Australia
August 07, 2002	Food	Food Standard Australia New Zealand	A436
September 23, 2002	Unconfined Planting	Office of the Gene Technology Regulator	DIR 012-2002	DIR 012-2002

Canada
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
June 27, 2003	Feed	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Feed Section	DD2003-45
June 27, 2003	Food	Health Canada - GM Foods and Other Novel Foods	CN food 15985

Japan
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
March 27, 2003	Feed	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
October 01, 2002	Food	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
December 10, 2004	Importing and Processing	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment	JP_D_15985	JP_A_15985

Mexico
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
September 15, 2003	Food	Sanitary Services and Regulations Directorate (Secretary of Health)

New Zealand
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
August 07, 2002	Food	Food Standard Australia New Zealand	A436

United States of America
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
November 05, 2002	Unconfined Planting	Department of Agriculture (USDA)	00-342-01p	00-342-01p
December 23, 2002	Biopesticide	Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)	EPA-Cry2Ab2	EPA-Cry2Ab2
July 16, 2002	Food and Feed	Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)	BNF74	BNF74

Republic of Korea
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
December 10, 2004	Feed	Rural Development Administration (RDA)
September 30, 2003	Food	Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)
December 10, 2004	Processing	Rural Development Administration (RDA)