Syngenta Receives Chinese Import Approval for Agrisure Viptera® Corn Trait
BASEL, Switzerland, December 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
- Import approval granted for food and feed use
- Agrisure Viptera® offers unrivalled control of above-ground pests
- Key component of Syngenta's integrated insect control solutions
Syngenta today announced that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera® trait (event MIR162) from China's regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing byproducts, such as dried distillers grains (DDGs), for food and feed use.
The Agrisure Viptera® trait is a key component of Syngenta's insect control solutions, offering growers protection against the broadest spectrum of above-ground corn pests and enabling significant crop yield gains.
Agrisure Viptera® has been approved for cultivation in the USA since 2010 and has also been approved for cultivation in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Syngenta originally submitted the import approval dossier to the Chinese authorities in March 2010. In addition to China, Agrisure Viptera® has been approved for import into Australia/New Zealand, Belarus, the European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more than 28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our purpose: Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to our customers we help to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life. For more information about us please go to http://www.syngenta.com
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