BioTrack Product Database

MON-ØØ531-6
Transformation Event	531
Trade Name	Bollgard ™ insect protected cotton
Applicant	Monsanto
Organism Common Names	Cotton
Organism Scientific Names	Gossypium
Centre of Origin and Diversity	Biology Consensus Document on Cotton
Food and Feed Safety Issues	Compositional considerations for Cotton
Methods for safe handling
Additional Information
Traits	Resistance to Kanamycin, Resistance to Lepidoptera
Genes	cry1Ac, neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II)

Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
Australia
December 07, 2000	Food	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	A341
June 12, 2003	Commercial Release	Office of the Gene Technology Regulator	DIR-022/2002	DIR-022/2002

Canada
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
May 27, 1996	Feed	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Feed Division	DD96-14
November 08, 1996	Food	Health Canada - GM Foods and Other Novel Foods	FD/OFB-096-100-C

European Union
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
April 24, 2015	Food and Feed	European Commission	EC-MON531		Method for detection: http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/StatusOfDossiers.aspx

Japan
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
June 13, 1997	Feed	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
May 26, 1997	Food	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
November 22, 2004	Importing and Processing	Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment	JP_D_531	JP_A_531

Mexico
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
September 18, 1996	Food	Sanitary Services and Regulations Directorate (Secretary of Health)

New Zealand
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
December 07, 2001	Food	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	A341

United States of America
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
October 16, 2001	Biopesticide	Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)	EPA-Cry1Ab-Cry1F	EPA-Cry1Ab-Cry1F
May 30, 1995	Food and Feed	Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)	BNF13-00531	BNF13-00531

Republic of Korea
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
December 10, 2004	Feed	Rural Development Administration (RDA)
March 25, 2003	Food	Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)
December 10, 2004	Processing	Rural Development Administration (RDA)

Paraguay
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
October 21, 2011	Commercial Release	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock	PRY 2072/2011

Brazil
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
March 17, 2005	Commercial Release	The National Technical Biosafety Committee (CTNBio)	BRA_MON00531

South Africa
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
August 20, 1997	Commercial planting	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
August 20, 1997	Importation exportation	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
August 20, 1997	Food and or feed	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)

Philippines
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
February 05, 2014	Food and Feed	Department of Agriculture	PHI MON531 FF

Costa Rica
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
November 14, 2001	Seed production for expor	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock State Phytosanitary Service	BCH44767	BCH43297	Method for detection: http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/gmomethods/entry?db=gmometh&id=qt-eve-gh-004&rq=ac%3aMON-00531-6

Colombia
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
October 01, 2003	Feed	Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario	COL Resolucion 2708
May 20, 2003	Cultivation	Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario	COL Resolucion 1247

Argentina
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
July 16, 1988	Cultiv and Food and Feed	Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAGyP)	AR428