BioTrack Product Database

MON-88913-8
Transformation Event	MON88913
Trade Name	Roundup Ready Flex 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	Glyphosate tolerance
Genes	5-enolpyruvylshikimaete-3-phosphate synthase (epsps)

Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
Australia
February 10, 2006	Food	Food Standard Australia New Zealand		Application A553
February 16, 2006	Unconfined Planting	Office of the Gene Technology Regulator	DIR 059-2005	DIR 059-2005

Canada
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
November 23, 2005	Feed	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Feed Section	DD2005-56
November 16, 2005	Food	Health Canada - GM Foods and Other Novel Foods	Health Canada 16-11-2005

Japan
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
February 10, 2006	Importing and Processing	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment	JP_D_MON88913	JP_A_MON88913

New Zealand
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
February 10, 2006	Food	Food Standard Australia New Zealand		Application A553

United States of America
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
December 20, 2004	Unconfined Planting	Department of Agriculture (USDA)	04-086-01p	04-086-01p
March 07, 2005	Food and Feed	Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)	BNF98	BNF98

Republic of Korea
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment
October 26, 2006	Feed	Rural Development Administration (RDA)
April 07, 2006	Food	Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)
October 26, 2006	Processing	Rural Development Administration (RDA)