The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has granted deregulation status to Cibus’ rice and flax herbicide-tolerance (HT) traits. Both traits were developed using Cibus’ proprietary plant gene-editing technologies, known as the Rapid Trait Development System, which edits genes without integrating foreign genetic material. The decision to grant deregulation status to these traits will allow the company to proceed and continue with field testing and advance the traits to commercial development.