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Notifying under qualifying higher plant notifications: guidance for developers

What to do if you want to release qualifying higher plants into the environment in a research or development trial.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
31 January 2025

This publication was withdrawn on

This guidance was withdrawn on 13 November 2025. 

It has been replaced by the guidance for releasing and marketing precision bred plants.

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Guidance for developers notifying under qualifying higher plant notifications

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This advice and guidance is intended for use by researchers and developers who want to release plants into the environment under a ‘qualifying higher plant’ (QHP) notification.

This guidance explains how to:

  • meet preparation, storage and handling requirements
  • prevent the unintentional release of a genetically modified organism
  • prevent material from being marketed
  • follow field trial best practice

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Published 31 January 2025

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