Required Report - public distribution

**Date:** 8/15/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** RP6036

RP6036

**Philippines**

**Biotechnology**

**11th Stacked Trait Product Approved**

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Emiko Purdy

U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

Perfecto G. Corpuz

**Report Highlights:**

The Philippine Bureau of Plant industry recently approved Monsanto\'s
Corn LY038 x Corn MON810 making it the 11th stacked trait product
approved for commercial use.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Manila \[RP1\]

\[RP\]

On August 9, the Philippine Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant
Industry (DA-BPI) approved Monsanto's Corn LY038 x Corn MON810 for
direct use as food and/or feed, making it the 11^th^ approved stacked
trait product to date. A summary of the stacked trait approvals follows:

+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| APPROVED STACKED TRAIT  |          |           |    |    |        |
| PRODUCTS FOR DIRECT USE |          |           |    |    |        |
| AS FOOD, FEED AND FOR   |          |           |    |    |        |
| PROPAGATION as of       |          |           |    |    |        |
| August 14, 2006         |          |           |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
|                         |          |           | Sa |    |        |
|                         |          |           | fe |    |        |
|                         |          |           | ty |    |        |
|                         |          |           | As |    |        |
|                         |          |           | se |    |        |
|                         |          |           | ss |    |        |
|                         |          |           | me |    |        |
|                         |          |           | nt |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| Stacked Trait Product   | Te       | Date      | Fo | Fe | Propa  |
|                         | chnology | Approved  | od | ed | gation |
|                         | D        |           |    |    |        |
|                         | eveloper |           |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 1\. Corn MON810 x Corn  | Monsanto | Nov. 16,  | x  | x  | x      |
| NK603                   |          | 2004 Jul. |    |    |        |
|                         |          | 19, 2005  |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 2\. Corn NK603 x Corn   | Monsanto | Nov. 16,  | x  | x  |        |
| MON863                  |          | 2004      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 3\. Corn MON810 x Corn  | Monsanto | Nov. 16,  | x  | x  |        |
| MON863                  |          | 2004      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 4\. Corn MON810 x GA21  | Monsanto | Nov. 16,  | x  | x  |        |
|                         |          | 2004      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 5\. Cotton 531 x Cotton | Monsanto | Nov. 22,  | x  | x  |        |
| 1445                    |          | 2004      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 6\. Cotton 15985 x      | Monsanto | Nov. 22,  | x  | x  |        |
| Cotton 1445             |          | 2004      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 7\. MON863 x MON810 x   | Monsanto | Feb. 7,   | x  | x  |        |
|                         |          | 2005      |    |    |        |
| Corn NK603              |          |           |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 8\. Corn TC 1507 X Corn | Pioneer  | Feb.      | x  | x  |        |
| NK603                   |          | 17,2006   |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 9\. Cotton 15985 x      | Monsanto | Apr. 20,  | x  | x  |        |
| Cotton 88913            |          | 2006      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 10\. Corn MON 88017 x   | Monsanto | Jul. 3,   | x  | x  |        |
|                         |          | 2006      |    |    |        |
| Corn MON 810            |          |           |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+
| 11\. Corn LY038 x Corn  | Monsanto | Aug. 9,   | x  | x  |        |
| MON810                  |          | 2006      |    |    |        |
+-------------------------+----------+-----------+----+----+--------+

Source of Basic Data: Bureau of Plant Industry