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U.S. Deregulation

Crop

Gene/Trait

First Sales

Company

FDA

USDA

EPA

EU

Rapeseed

Lauroyl-ACP thioesterase/Laurate vegetable oil

1995

Calgene

4/95

10/95

N/A

F Review

Phytase/Low-phytate rapeseed

a

Mogen

NLReview

Barnase-barstar/Male sterility

b

1996/1997

PGS

1996

c

1997

Potato

AS

-starch synthase/Increased amylopectin

AVEBE

Review

Radicchio

Barnase-barstar/Male sterility

1996

Bejo Zaden

1996

c

Tomato

AS

-Polygalacturonase (‘FlavrSavr’)

1994

Calgene

5/94

10/92

N/A

CS

-Polygalacturonase

1995

Zeneca/Petoseed

9/94

6/95

N/A

UK 1994

d

CS

-ACC synthase (‘Endless Summer’)

1995

DNAP

10/94

1/95

N/A

ACC deaminase

1998

Monsanto

9/94

review

N/A

AdoMet hydrolase

1998

Agritope

1996

3/96

N/A

Table 2.5. Commercialization of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S. and EU (Quality Traits Only).

aApplies to feed quality;

bapplies to seed quality and yield;

cnot (yet) allowed for food and feeding purpose;

dcleared for food, tomato paste only; AS means antisense ap-

proach; CS means cosuppression approach.Sources:

Kridl and Shewmaker (1996); USDA/APHIS/BSS; RKI.