17 January 2007

Determination of the Safety of BASF's Imidazolinone-Tolerant CLEARFIELD™ Durum Wheat Event DW1

The following notice is from the CFIA.

            …  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), specifically the Biotechnology Environmental Release Assessment Unit (BERA) of the Science Strategies Directorate and the Feed Section of the Animal Health and Production Division, have evaluated information submitted by BASF. This information is in regard to the imidazolinone tolerant durum wheat event DW1. The CFIA has determined that this plant with a novel trait (PNT) does not present altered environmental risk nor, as a novel feed, does it present livestock feed safety concerns when compared to currently commercialized durum wheat varieties in Canada.

            Taking into account these evaluations, unconfined release into the environment and use as livestock feed of the CLEARFIELDTM durum wheat event DW1 is authorized by the Plant Biosafety Office of the Plant Products Directorate and the Feed Section of the Animal Health and Production Division as of December 20, 2006….

            The durum wheat event DW1 is subject to the same phytosanitary import requirements as its unmodified counterpart….