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The European Commission has approved a biotech corn product for food, feed, import and processing jointly developed by DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company.  Corn products containing the Herculex® RW protection trait stacked with Roundup Ready® Corn 2 (also known as 59122/NK603) are permitted for import into the European Union (EU).

“We are encouraged by this approval and look forward to continued progress of biotech approvals in the EU,” said Paul Schickler, president - Pioneer Hi-Bred.  “We urge the Commission and EU Member States to similarly approve biotech crops for cultivation so European farmers have access to the same technologies as other farmers around the world.”

Products containing the stacked trait have already been approved in eight countries.  Herculex® RW contains the Bt trait to provide an environmentally improved means of protecting corn plants against corn rootworm attacks by reducing the need to use insecticides.  The Roundup Ready® Corn 2 gene allows growers to effectively and efficiently control weeds, increasing yields.

For more information, read this news release.