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In this section: Consultation Programs on Food from New Plant Varieties

Food Master Files & Food Additive Petitions

Food Master File 000763 - Bt 10 Evaluation

Sponsor: Syngenta Seeds
Food: Corn
Designation: Bt 10
Trait: Resistance to European corn borer, tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium
Gene products: Cry1Ab and phosphinothrycin acetyltransferase (regulated by EPA)
Source of genetic material: Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki strain HD-1 and Streptomyces viridochromogenes strain Tu494
Memorandum to the file (August 29, 2006)
Letter (September 15, 2006)

FMF 526 and Docket No. 91A-0330 - FLAVR SAVR™ Evaluation

Sponsor: Calgene
Food: Tomato
Designation: CR3-613, CR3-623, FLAVR SAVR™
Trait: Delayed softening due to reduced pectin degradation
Gene: Antisense polygalacturonase (PG) gene to suppress the endogenous PG enzyme
Memorandum to the file (May 17, 1994)
Letter (May 17, 1994)

Food Additive Petition 3A4364 - Aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase II

Sponsor: Calgene
For use as a food additive in cotton, oilseed rape (canola), and tomatoes
Trait: Catalyzes the phosphorylation of certain aminoglycoside antibiotics, including kanamycin, neomycin, and gentamycin
Gene product: Aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase II
Source of genetic material: kan^r gene originally isolated from transposon Tn5 of the bacterium Escherichia coli
21 CFR 173.170
Federal Register (May 23, 1994)

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