YieldGard Rootworm Corn approved as food ingredient

06/03/06 The European Union has approved Monsanto’s YieldGard Rootworm Corn for food ingredients, paving the way for the crop to be used in human foods in Europe.

The approval is expected to open doors into European markets that previously would not accept YieldGard Rootworm, said Phoong Tang, Monsanto business manager for biotech grain.

YieldGard Rootworm was approved for feed use last November, he said.

Monsanto is currently awaiting decisions on separate approvals for its corn trait technologies combined with the YieldGard Rootworm trait. Until these separate submissions within the EU regulatory processes are complete, growers who plan to plant combined trait versions of the hybrids will need to market the grain under the Market Choices certification mark, he said.

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