The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reviewed eight genetically modified (GM) plants to determine whether they pose an increased plant pest risk relative to non-modified comparators. APHIS has determined that the modified plants are unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated plants, and as a result are not subject to increased regulation and may be safely grown and bred in the United States. The plant varieties reviewed are as follows:

• Yield10 Bioscience, two camelinas modified for improved seed oil quality.
• Bayer Crop Science, canola modified for dicamba resistance (MON 94100).
• Nuseed, canola and brown mustard modified for improved product quality and herbicide resistance.
• Hjelle Advisors, soybean modified for altered product quality.
• Michigan State University, potato modified for fungal resistance (potato late blight).
• University of Wisconsin, hemp modified for reduced levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD).