BE Cotton Crop Summary

BE Cotton Events in the Food Supply

BE Event Trait Producing 

Countries Comments FDA Review

BXN10211 Herbicide 

Tolerance United States Trade Name: BXNTM Cotton BNF-004

BXN10215 Herbicide 

Tolerance United States Trade Name: BXNTM Cotton BNF-004

BXN10222 Herbicide 

Tolerance United States Trade Name: BXNTM Cotton BNF-004

MON531 Insect Resistance

Argentina, 

Australia, Brazil, 

Colombia, Costa 

Rica, India, Mexico, 

Paraguay, South 

Africa, Sudan, 

United States

Trade Name: 

BollgardTM Cotton, 

IngardTM

BNF-013

MON757 Insect Resistance South Africa, 

United States

Trade Name: 

BollgardTM Cotton BNF-013

MON1076 Insect Resistance South Africa, 

United States

Trade Name: 

BollgardTM BNF-013

MON1445 Herbicide 

Tolerance

Argentina, 

Australia, Brazil, 

Colombia, Costa 

Rica, Mexico, 

Paraguay, South 

Africa, United 

States

Trade Name: 

Roundup ReadyTM BNF-026

MON1698 Herbicide 

Tolerance

Mexico, South 

Africa, United 

States

Trade Name: 

Roundup ReadyTM BNF-026

19-51a Herbicide 

Tolerance United States BNF-030

31707 Insect Resistance NONE Trade Name: BXNTM 

Plus BollgardTM BNF-047

31803 Insect Resistance NONE Trade Name: BXNTM 

Plus BollgardTM BNF-047

31807 Insect Resistance United States Trade Name: BXNTM 

Plus BollgardTM BNF-047

31808 Insect Resistance United States Trade Name: BXNTM 

Plus BollgardTM BNF-047
42317 Insect Resistance NONE Trade Name: BXNTM 

Plus BollgardTM BNF-047

MON15985 Insect Resistance

Australia, Brazil, 

Burkina Faso, Costa 

Rica, India, Mexico, 

South Africa, 

United States

Trade Name: 

Bollgard IITM BNF-074

LLCotton25 Herbicide 

Tolerance

Brazil, Colombia, 

Costa Rica, United 

States

Trade Name: 

FibermaxTM Liberty 

LinkTM

BNF-086

281-24-236 Herbicide 

Tolerance

Mexico, United 

States

BNF-085

3006-210-23

Herbicide 

Tolerance, Insect 

Resistance

Mexico, United 

States BNF-092

MON-88913-

8

Herbicide 

Tolerance

Australia, Brazil, 

Costa Rica, Mexico, 

South Africa, 

United States

Trade Name: 

Roundup ReadyTM 

FlexTM

BNF-098

COT102 Insect Resistance

Australia, Costa 

Rica, Mexico, 

United States

Trade Name: 

VIPCOTTM BNF-094

GHB614 Herbicide 

Tolerance

Argentina, 

Australia, Brazil, 

Costa Rica, United 

States

Trade Name: 

GlyTolTM BNF-109

COT67B Insect Resistance Costa Rica, United 

States BNF-112

T304-40 /

GHB119 Insect Resistance Argentina, Brazil Trade Name: TwinLinkTM BNF-118

MON 88701 Herbicide 

Tolerance

Brazil, Costa Rica, 

United States BNF-135

DAS-81910-7 Herbicide 

Tolerance BNF-142

MON88702 Insect Resistance

Australia, New 

Zealand, United 

States

BNF-160

GHB811 Herbicide 

Tolerance United States BNF-161

BNLA-601 Insect Resistance India NO

Event1 Insect Resistance India, Swaziland NO
GFM Cry1A Insect Resistance India, Pakistan NO

GK12 Insect Resistance China NO

MLS 9124 Insect Resistance India NO

Ngwe Chi 6 Bt Insect Resistance Burma NO

SGK321 Insect Resistance China NO

BE Cotton Production

BE cotton is produced commercially in 12 countries. In the following 8 countries, BE cotton 

production represents more than half of all cotton production: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, 

Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, South Africa, and the United States. Cotton from these countries 

should be presumed to be BE cotton. Burma, China, India, and Pakistan also produce BE cotton 

commercially; however, the BE cotton produced in these four countries has not been reviewed 

by the FDA (FDA, 2018). 

In 2017, 80% of all global cotton production was BE cotton (ISAAA, 2017).

BE Cotton Food Safety Reviews

Between 1995 and 2008, the FDA completed 17 biotechnology consultations for 26 BE cotton 

events. Food safety reviews for some of these events have been conducted in many other 

countries. For example, ten countries have completed food safety reviews for MON88701 

(ISAAA, 2017). Note that there are BE cotton events in commercial production in Burma, China,

India and Pakistan which have not yet been reviewed by the FDA (ISAAA, 2017). 

References

FDA (2018) Biotechnology Consultations on Food from GE Plant Varieties

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fdcc/?set=Biocon

ISAAA (2017) Global Status of Commercialized Biotech-GM Crops – 2017