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ACB’s objection to commodity clearance of Corteva’s MON 89034 x TC1507 x MIR16

ACB’s Objection to Monsanto’s Application for Commodity Import of GM maize for a number of events: herbicide tolerance, including for dicamba, as well as pest resistance -

MON 87427 x MON 89034 x MIR 162 x MON87419;

Objection against general release of three 2,4-D GM maize varieties:

The ACB has played an essential watch-dog role on new GMO permits in South Africa for a decade now, adding substantially to the discourse about the scientific assessment of GMOs as well as about issues of socioeconomic impacts and democratic decisionmaking, through lodging substantive comments on at least 30 permit applications.

ACB is objecting to the commodity clearance of the triple-stacked GM soybean event MON 87708 x MON 89788 x A5547-127, due to concerns surrounding the lack of safety assessment data for this crop and the known toxicity of the three pesticides it is designed to tolerate.

South Africa is in the grip of the worst drought since 1992, with many parts of the country experiencing record temperatures and little to no rain.

The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has on 7th August 2015, lodged an appeal to Agriculture, Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Senzeni Zokwana, against the general release approval of Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) maize, MON87460 granted by the Executive Council (EC): GMO Act.

The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population. Highly effective marketing campaigns have drilled it into our heads that GMOs will produce more food on less land in an environmentally friendly manner.

This submission by Monsanto makes a joke of biosafety risk assessment in that it is not based on the actual event under consideration, but rather, the applicant posits claim of lack of harm, toxicity, and allergenicity based on data carried out on other lines containing the same transgene/event.

The ACB has submitted an objection to an application by Dow Agro-sciences to conduct a field trial of the stacked GM maize event MON 89034 x TC 1507 x MON NK603.

Field trials with MON 87460 are currently underway in South Africa at Hopetown, Orania, Pretoria, Lutzville and Delareyville.

This is ACB's objection to the application by Dow Chemicals for approval for import into SA of its GM soyabean 2,4 D and glufosinate ammonium (DAS-68416-4).

In 2007 Monsanto was granted a trial release permit to conduct field trials for its 'drought tolerant' maize event MON8746.

The ACB hereby lodges its objections and comments to the draft regulations regarding the mandatory blending of biofuels with petrol and diesel.

In this paper, the ACB sets out its objections to ARC's appeal against the decision by the Executive Council: GMO Act, refusing ARC's application for the commercial release of

The South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) has applied to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for permission to conduct field trials for 4 varieties of

Syngenta has responded to the ACB's objection to the general release of GA21 x Bt11.

The ACB has come to the following conclusions about Syngenta's application: In terms of the molecular characterisation of the event:

In 2007 Monsanto South Africa applied for and was granted a trial release permit to conduct field trials with

In the 20th of April the Business Day newspaper carried a public notice of Monsanto's application to the South African GMO registrar for permission to import Smartstax