Türkiye Reapproves 7 GM Maize Events for Feed Use

JULY 15, 2024

The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has reapproved seven GM maize events for feed use:

  • Bt11 (Agrisure CB/LL) - glufosinate tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
  • TC1507 (Herculex I, Herculex CB) - glufosinate tolerance and lepidopteran insect resistance
  • 59122 (Herculex RW) - glufosinate tolerance and coleopteran insect resistance
  • NK603 (Roundup Ready 2 Maize) - glyphosate tolerance
  • GA21 (Roundup Ready Maize, Agrisure GT) - glyphosate tolerance
  • MON89034 (YieldGard VT Pro) - lepidopteran insect resistance
  • MON88017 (YieldGard VT Rootworm RR2) - glyphosate tolerance and coleopteran insect resistance

With these latest reapprovals, there are a total of 36 approved GM events for feed use in Türkiye, with a further 13 events pending approval.