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EU Approves Pioneer Hi-Bred International's Biotech Maize for Food
Decision Paves Way for Imports of 1507 Maize Into the European Union

07 Mar 2006 - The EU Commission announced that it has approved DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International's biotech maize known as 1507, for all food uses. This decision, along with the November 2005 approval of 1507 maize for import and animal feed use, paves the way for grain and processed products with the 1507 trait to be imported in all 25 EU countries. 1507 maize is resistant to insects that damage maize crops around the world.
 
This authorization follows the positive safety evaluation of 1507 maize by the European Food Safety Authority. According to Hi-Bred 1507 maize offers broad in-plant insect protection against the European corn borer, southwestern corn borer, western bean cutworm, black cutworm and fall armyworm. It also helps reduce pesticide applications and, because it produces more grain on the same land area, it improves farm productivity and profitability.