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.
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28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our
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science, global reach and commitment to our customers we help to
increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve
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