BioTrack Product Database

MON-ØØ179-5xMON-ØØ1Ø1-8
Transformation Event	KK179 x J101
Trade Name
Applicant	Monsanto
Organism Common Names	Alfalfa
Organism Scientific Names	Medicago sativa
Centre of Origin and Diversity
Food and Feed Safety Issues	Compositional considerations for Alfalfa
Methods for safe handling
Additional Information
Traits	Decreased lignin level, Tolerance to Glyphosate
Genes	caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCOMT), cp4 epsps

Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
Mexico
November 21, 2014	Processing	The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk - COFEPRIS (Secretary of Health)
November 21, 2014	Food and Feed	The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk - COFEPRIS (Secretary of Health)

Republic of Korea
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
February 26, 2016	Feed	Rural Development Administration (RDA)
January 22, 2018	Food	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Philippines
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
June 25, 2020	food feed and processing	Department of Agriculture	Biotechnology Philippines	PHL KK179 X J101	Event-specific qPCR detection methods for alfalfa events KK179 and J101

Argentina
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
June 07, 2018	Cultiv and Food and Feed	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAGyP)	AR33