BioTrack Product Database

MON-ØØ863-5
Transformation Event	MON 863
Trade Name	Yield Gard Rootworm Corn
Applicant	Monsanto
Organism Common Names	Maize
Organism Scientific Names	Zea mays
Centre of Origin and Diversity	Biology Consensus Document on Maize
Food and Feed Safety Issues	Compositional considerations for Maize
Methods for safe handling
Additional Information
Traits	Resistance to Coleoptera, Resistance to Kanamycin
Genes	cry3Bb1, neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II)

Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
Australia
December 17, 2003	Food	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	A484

Canada
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
March 05, 2003	Feed	Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Animal Feed Division	DD2003-43
March 03, 2003	Food	Health Canada - GM Foods and Other Novel Foods	CN food MON863

European Union
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
August 10, 2005	Feed	European Commission	EC-MON863
January 13, 2006	Food	European Commission	EC-MON863

Japan
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
February 28, 2002	Feed	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
February 21, 2002	Food	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)

Mexico
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
October 07, 2003	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
April 08, 2004	Food	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	A484

United States of America
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
February 24, 2003	Biopesticide	Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)	EPA-Cry3Bb1	EPA-Cry3Bb1
December 31, 2001	Food and Feed	Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)	BNF75	BNF75

Republic of Korea
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
September 17, 2004	Feed	Rural Development Administration (RDA)
September 30, 2003	Food	Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)
September 17, 2004	Processing	Rural Development Administration (RDA)

South Africa
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
September 26, 2011	Import as food and feed	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)

Colombia
Date of approval	Type of use	Authority	Decision	Risk assessment	Methods for detections-Reference materials
December 27, 2010	Feed	Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario	COL Resolución 4475