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ACRE advice: applications to import and use GM crops (food or feed) with limited potential to grow in UK

ACRE's advice on applications to import, process, market or eat (as food and feed) GM crops such as soybeans and maize.

Updates to this page

From:
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
Published:
22 April 2014
Last updated:
4 September 2025
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  1. ACRE has updated its advice on GMOs derived from crops with limited potential to grow in the UK.

  2. Updated the application list in ‘ACRE's advice on applications to market GM soybeans and maize in England’.

  3. We've updated the lists of applications to market soybeans and maize in England and in the UK.

  4. We've updated the lists of applications to market soybeans and maize in England and in the UK.

  5. Updated 2 ACRE advice documents: - ACRE's advice on applications to market GM soybeans and maize in England - ACRE advice: GM soybeans and maize which continue to be recognised across the UK

  6. We've added ACRE's advice on applications to market genetically modified food or feed in England.

  7. Updated the table in Annex 1.

  8. Updated with latest version. Removed reference to the EU in the summary.

  9. Updated with latest version.

  10. List in document updated to reflect approvals granted during 2018.

  11. Table updated in Annex 1 to include entries for 2017.

  12. Latest version of the file added.

  13. Added the latest version of this advice.

  14. ACRE advice on applications to market GM crops in the EU, updated to include Bt11 X MIR162 X MIR604 X GA21 maize

  15. ACRE advice on GM marketing applications updated to include MON87769 X MON89788 soybeans

  16. ACRE advice updated to include marketing applications for one maize and two soybean varieties.

  17. ACRE advice published on MON87708 X MON89788 soybeans and MON87427 maize

  18. ACRE advice on applications to market GM soybeans and maize in the EU, updated to include 5307 maize

  19. Updated list of ACRE advice on GM soybean and maize applications to include MON87769 soybeans and NK603 maize.

  20. First published.

Documents

Advice on applications to import and process genetically modified (GM) crops with a limited potential to grow outside of agricultural conditions in the UK

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ACRE’s advice on applications to import, process, market or eat (as food or feed) genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from crops that have a limited potential to establish a viable growing population outside of managed conditions in the UK.

ACRE considers that the GM crops pose no greater risk to human health or the environment than non-GM varieties.

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