BE Soybean Crop Summary

BE Soybean Events in the Food Supply

BE Event Trait Producing 

Countries Comments FDA Review

40-3-2 herbicide tolerant

Argentina, Brazil, 

Bolivia, Canada, 

Costa Rica, Mexico, 

Paraguay, South 

Africa, the United 

States and Uruguay

Trade Name: 

Roundup ReadyTM

G94-1, G94-

19, G94-168 altered oil profile Canada and the United States

A5547-127 herbicide tolerant

Argentina, Brazil, 

Canada, the United 

States and Uruguay

Trade Name: 

Liberty Link®

A2704-12 herbicide tolerant

Argentina, Brazil, 

Canada, the United 

States and Uruguay

Trade Name: 

Liberty Link®

MON 89788 herbicide tolerant

Canada, Costa Rica, 

the United States 

and Uruguay

Trade name: 

Genuity® Roundup 

Ready 2 YieldTM

356043 herbicide tolerant Canada and the 

United States

Trade name: 

Optimum GATTM

305423 altered oil profile Canada and the 

United States

Trade names: 

TreusTM, PlenishTM

MON 87701 insect resistant

Argentina, Canada 

and the United 

States

MON 87705 altered oil profile Canada and the 

United States

Trade name: Vistive 

GoldTM

MON 87708 herbicide tolerant Brazil, Canada and 

the United States

Trade name: 

Genuity® Roundup 

ReadyTM 2 XtendTM

DAS-68416-4 herbicide tolerant Brazil, Canada and 

the United States

Trade Name: 

EnlistTM

BPS-CV127-9 herbicide tolerant

Argentina, Brazil, 

Canada, Paraguay 

and the United 

States

Trade name: 

Cultivance

MON 87769 altered oil profile Canada and the 

United States not commercialized
BE Event Trait Producing 

Countries Comments FDA Review

FG72 herbicide tolerant Brazil, Canada and 

the United States

Trade name: 

Liberty Link® 

GT27TM

DAS-444Ø6-6 herbicide tolerant

Argentina, Brazil, 

Canada and the 

United States

Trade Name: 

EnlistTM

MON 87712 increased yield United States

DAS-81419-2 insect resistant

Argentina, Brazil, 

Canada and the 

United States

not commercialized

SYHT0H2 herbicide tolerant

Argentina, Canada 

and the United 

States

MON 87751 insect resistant Brazil, Canada and 

the United States

HB4 altered growth 

properties Argentina

BE Soybean Production

BE soybean is produced commercially in the following 8 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, 

Canada, Paraguay, South Africa, The United States and Uruguay. In all of these countries, this 

production represents more than 80% of total soybean production.

In 2017, 77% of all global soybean production was BE soybean (Statistica, 2018). Similar to 

corn, soybean grain moving in global commerce should be presumed to be BE soybean.

In the United States, more than 90% of soybean production is BE soybean (USDA-ERS, 2018). 

Since non-BE soybeans command a price premium of $1/bu, if you did not specifically purchase 

non-BR soybean, you should presume that your soybean is BE soybean.

BE Soybean Food Safety Reviews

Between 1995 and 2017, the FDA completed 19 biotechnology consultations on 20 BE soybean 

events (FDA, 2017). Numerous other food safety reviews have been completed by the 8 

countries listed above, as well as in many additional countries that import BE soybean. For any 

given BE soybean event, the ISAAA database is a good resource for determining which countries 

have conducted food safety reviews. For example, event 

References
FDA (1995) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000001.

FDA (1997) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000039.

FDA (1998) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000055.

FDA (2007a) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000104.

FDA (2007b) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000108.

FDA (2009) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000110.

FDA (2010) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000119.

FDA (2011a) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000121.

FDA (2011b) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000124.

FDA (2011c) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000125.

FDA (2012a) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000114.

FDA (2012b) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000117.

FDA (2012c) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000122.

FDA (2013a) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000131.

FDA (2013b) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000133.

FDA (2014a) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000139.

FDA (2014b) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000140.

FDA (2015) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000144.

FDA (2017) Biotechnology Consultation Agency Response Letter BNF No. 000155.

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

Statistica (2018) 

USDA-AMS (2018) National Weekly Non-GMO/GE Grain Report

USDA-ERS (2018)