The European Commission has announced the approval of three new GM crops for food and feed uses, excluding cultivation:

• BASF’s GMB151 soybean. The GMB151 event confers resistance to soybean cyst nematode through the Cry14Ab-1 protein and provides HPPD herbicide tolerance through a modified 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD-4) enzyme.
• BASF’s GHB811 cotton. The GHB811 genetic event confers tolerance to HPPD inhibiting herbicides such as isoxaflutole via the hppdPfW336-1Pa gene, and glyphosate via the 2mepsps gene.
• Corteva’s 73496 (Optimum GLY) oilseed rape. The 73496 event confers tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate through the gat4621 gene.

In addition, the commission has renewed the authorisation of Bayer’s glyphosate-tolerant GHB614 (GlyTol) cotton. The authorisations are valid for 10 years, with any products produced from these crops to be subject to the EU’s labelling and traceability rules.