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MON-ØØ179-5
Transformation Event	KK179
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
Genes	caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCOMT)

Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
Australia
May 01, 2014	Food	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	A1085	A1085

Canada
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
October 06, 2014	Feed	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Feed Division	DD2014-106
September 24, 2014	Food	Health Canada - GM Foods and Other Novel Foods	Health Canada 2014-09-24
October 31, 2014	Unconfined Release	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Plant Biosafety Office	DD2014-106

Mexico
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
March 05, 2014	Processing	The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk - COFEPRIS (Secretary of Health)
March 05, 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
May 06, 2015	Feed	Rural Development Administration (RDA)
March 02, 2016	Food	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Viet Nam
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
December 16, 2020	Feed	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

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