Brazil became the second country in the world after Argentina to approve planting of GMO wheat, following a decision by the nation’s biosecurity agency CTNbio. The approval request was made by plant genetics company Tropical Melhoramento e Genetica, a partner in Brazil of Argentina’s Bioceres, who confirmed Brazil had concluded a safety evaluation of HB4, providing full approval for its commercialization and cultivation in the country.
Brazil plants about 3 million hectares (741,316 acres) with wheat, mostly in southern states like Rio Grande do Sul and Parana.
According to Bioceres, its HB4 wheat is also approved for food and feed use in the U.S., Colombia, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Nigeria, and for feed use in Indonesia.
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