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Confirmation Letters

Last Modified: Jan 4, 2022
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The table below provides confirmation requests submitted to APHIS and APHIS’ corresponding response. The definitions for the exemption categories in the table are in the Table Key below. 

(b)(1): A change resulting from cellular repair of a targeted DNA break in the absence of an externally provided repair template

(b)(2): A targeted single base pair substitution

(b)(3): A gene known to occur in the plant’s gene pool, or a change in a targeted sequence to correspond to a known allele of such a gene or to a known structural variation present in the gene pool

(c): A plant-trait-mechanism of action combination that has been previously reviewed for risks to plant health and determined by APHIS not be regulated under this part, either via the Regulatory Status Review process or a petition submitted pursuant to the legacy part 340 regulations.

CR Number

Requestor

Plant

Scientific Name

Trait

Exemption Category

Response Date

Confirmation Request

Confirmation Response
21-264-02cr PlantArcBio Ltd.
Cotton Gossypium hirsutum L.
Herbicide Resistant
(c) 12/28/2021 View Document View Document
21-264-01cr
PlantArcBio Ltd.
Soybean
Glycine max L.
 Herbicide Resistant
(c) 12/28/2021 View Document View Document
21-171-01cr
 Agrivida, Inc.
 Corn
 Zea mays L.
 Altered Seed Nutrient Availability
 (c)
 11/23/2021
 View Document View Document
21-141-01cr Tropic Bioscience UK LTD Potato Solanum tuberosum L. Altered Tuber Quality (c) 10/20/2021 View Document View Document
21-211-01cr Bayer U.S. – Crop Science
 Cotton Gossypium hirsutum
 Insect Resistant
(c) 8/31/2021 View Document View Document
21-161-01cr Dümmen NA, Inc
Petunia
Petunia x hybrida
Altered Flower Color
(c) 8/25/2021 View Document View Document
21-025-01cr
 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
 NA Nicotiana attenuata
 Herbivore and Fungal Susceptibility
 (b)(1) 6/10/2021
 View Document View Document
21-105-01cr
 Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.
 Apple Malus x domestica
 Altered Fruit Quality
 (c) 5/20/2021 View Document
View Document
20-317-01cr
 Bioheuris, Inc.
 Soybean Glycine max
 Herbicide Resistant
 (b)(2) 5/3/2021 View Document
View Document
20-358-01cr
 Yield10 Bioscience
 NA Camelina sativa
 CBI (b)(1) 4/28/2021 View Document
View Document


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