WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice called: Bayer U.S.-Crop Science: Availability of a Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Draft Environmental Assessment for Lepidopteran-Protected Maize.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 3 by Michael Watson, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Summary: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a draft plant pest risk assessment and draft environmental assessment regarding a petition from Bayer U.S.-Crop Science seeking a determination of nonregulated status for maize (corn) event MON 95379 which has been developed using genetic engineering to produce two insect...