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56 SEEDWORLD.COM JUNE 2016 REGULATORY ROUNDUP Keeping you informed of legislative and regulatory changes at the state national and international levels from lawsuits to approvals to other regulatory issues affecting your business. NATIONAL EPA SAYS GLYPHOSATE IS NOT LINKED TO CANCER As part of its ongoing review of the herbicide glypho- sate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pub- lished its official classifica- tion of glyphosate as Not Likely to be Carcinogenic to Humans. This determina- tion is the conclusion of EPAs Cancer Assessment Review Committee CARC and is based on the overwhelming weight of evidence on glypho- sate. The report isavailableon EPAs glyphosate docket. BASF SUBMITS REGULATORY DOSSIER FOR INSCALIS A new insecticide active ingre- dient Inscalis is from a novel chemical class the pyrope- nes and offers an alternative mode of action for controlling key pests. It provides farmers another tool to use in resist- ance and integrated pest man- agement programs. Inscalis controls piercing and sucking insects such as aphids white- flies psyllids scales and leaf- hoppers. Registration dossiers have been submitted to U.S. and Canadian authorities for use on a range of crops including vegetables fruit row crops and ornamentals. FDA RULES CANARY SEED FIT FOR HUMANS Canary seed which has been used almost exclusively as bird seed recently received Generally Recognized as Safe status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Canary seed flour can be used to make bread cookies cereals and pastas. COURT ALLOWS DOW TO CONTINUE MARKETING ENLIST DUO A federal courtdenied the Environmental Protection Agencys motion to vacate the registration of Enlist Duo Dow AgroSciences new herbicide. As a result of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal decision Dowcan continue to market the product and the registra- tion for Enlist Duo remains in place for all labeleduses. EPA approved Enlist Duo in several states more than a year ago but filed to revoke the regis- tration last fall reportingits assessment of the products two active ingredients was incomplete. PVP VIOLATION RESULTS IN SETTLEMENT Syngentahas obtained a 25000 settlement from Paul and John Mayclin of Mayclin Farms in Plankinton S.D. in response to its Plant Variety Protection PVP Act violation. Mayclin admit- ted unauthorized sales of SyngentasAgriProbrand winter wheat varietySY Wolf. ThePVP Actstates that pro- tected seed may not be sold re-sold or used to produce seed without permission of the developer. MONSANTO SETTLES WITH SEC Monsanto reachedan agree- ment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC fully resolving a previ- ously disclosed SEC investiga- tion into the financial reporting of its customer incentive pro- grams related to glyphosate products for fiscal years 2009 2010 and 2011. In agreeing to the settlement Monsanto neither admits nor denies the SECs allegations that the company violated certain provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under the terms of the agreement Monsanto will pay an 80 mil- lion civil penalty. MARRONE BIO TO PAY 1.7 MILLION Marrone Bio Innovations enters into a settlement agree- ment with theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fully resolving its previously- disclosed investigation which was principally related to the accounting and other matters that were initially identified inSeptember 2014. SBG PATENT UPHELD KeyGenes U.S. patent which protects Sequence-Based Genotyping technology was upheld by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office following ex parte reexamination initi- ated in March 2015 by Cornell University. The patent is part of KeyGenes global patent portfolio protecting methods for simultaneous polymor- phism discovery and genotyp- ing including SBG GBS RAD ddRAD and related methods. INTERNATIONAL CHINA RELEASES NEW GM POLICY ROADMAP China has mapped a plan for the future of genetically modified crops giving priority to the development of non- edible cash crops. To-date it only allows the planting of insect-resistant cotton and antiviral papaya for commer- cial purposes but imports GM soybean corn rapeseed oil cotton and sugarbeet. China could push forward with the commercial planting of pest- resistant GM corn during the next five years. Use and adop- tion of GM crops will focus on cash and industrial crops. COEXISTENCE PLAN FOR ALFALFA HAY RELEASED Following extensive consulta- tion with stakeholders along the alfalfa hay production chain in Western Canada the Canadian Seed Trade Association released acoex- istence plan. The plandoes not advocate for or against the commercialization of GM alfalfa or favor any one system. The result is a science- based document that helps farmers understand and incorporate best management practices into their crop man- agement system. AUSTRALIA APPROVES GM CANOLA Australias Office of the Gene Technology Regulator issued a license in response to application DIR 138 from Bayers Crop Science division authorizing the commercial release ofcanolagenetically modified for dualherbicide toleranceand to facilitate pro- duction. PAKISTAN APPROVES GM CORN COTTON The Pakistan National Biosafety Centre held meetings of the Technical Advisory Committee and the National Biosafety Committee to review pending applications of bio- tech crops for lab work field trials and commercialization. The committees approved wheat for field trials and cotton and corn for commer- cialization. SW