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ACRE advice: applications to import and use GM crops unable to grow in UK as food or feed

ACRE's advice on applications to import, process, market or eat (as food and feed) GM crops such as cotton.

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From:
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
Published:
12 February 2014
Last updated:
18 August 2025
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  1. ACRE has updated its advice on GMOs derived from crops unable to grow in the UK.

  2. Updated the application list in 'ACRE's advice on applications to market GM cotton in England'.

  3. Updated the list of applications to market GM cotton in England and the list of GM cotton and rice applications in the UK.

  4. We've added ACRE's advice on applications to market genetically modified food or feed in England.

  5. Updated advice and removed reference to EU in summary.

  6. List in document updated to reflect approvals granted during 2018.

  7. Table in Annex 1 updated to include an entry for MON 88701.

  8. Latest advice added.

  9. Added 281-24-236x3006-210-23x MON88913 (insect resistance and herbicide tolerance) to the list.

  10. ACRE agrees advice on an application to market MON88913 cotton in the EU

  11. Updated the list of GM marketing applications on which ACRE has advised, to include GHB614 x LLCotton25 and MON15985 cotton,

  12. First published.

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Advice on applications to import, process, market or eat food and feed from genetically modified (GM) crops that are unable to grow in the UK

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ACRE’s advice on applications to import, process, market or eat (as food or feed) genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from crops that are unable to establish a viable growing population outside of managed conditions in the UK. 

ACRE considers that these GM crops pose no greater risk to human health or the environment than non-GM varieties.

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