Investor Presentaiton
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Incidents and Management involving
Low Level (unintended) Presence
1. Liberty Link (LL) Rice 601 (mid-2006)
■ Host:
Oryza sativa
■ Trait:
Phosphinotricin (PPT) herbicide tolerance,
specifically glufosinate ammonium
■ Trait Intro: Agrobacterium tumafaciens mediated
■ Field Trials:
■ Approval:
plant transformation
1999-2001 at LSU AgCenter
U.S.:
Environment-2006
(thru its extension system)
Colombia: Food & Feed - 2008
Alleged presence of LL Rice
601 in imported commercial
long grain rice in supermarkets
• NFA recalled all commercial
rice alleged to contain LL601
March 2007: MTA between Phil
DA and Bayer on detection
methods to ensure zero
presence in proposed rice
imports from US under the
commodity grant programView entire presentation