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last updated: 26 Nov 2025
Amendment
No
General Information
New Zealand
Approval report – Application A1289 Food derived from disease-resistant, low-reducing sugars and reduced browning potato line BG25
EN
13 Jan 2025
No
Subject of the decision, notification, communication or declaration
  • Decision on LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (Article 11, LMOs-FFP)
  • Decision on domestic use of an LMO, including its placing on the market (Article 11.1)
LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (LMOs-FFP)
  • LMOs for direct use as food
  • LMOs for direct use as feed
  • LMOs for processing
No
Result of the decision
Approval of the import and/or use of the LMO(s) with conditions
Refined products from potato line BG25, such as alcohol are unlikely to contain any novel DNA or novel protein and will be unlikely to require labelling as ‘genetically modified’. 
Cooked and processed products derived from potato line BG25 such as French fries, potato flour, potato crisps and potato starch will likely contain novel DNA or novel protein, and if so, will require labelling as ‘genetically modified’. 
Should approval be granted in the future for the cultivation and/or importation of potato line BG25, the sale of raw potatoes would trigger the requirement for the ‘genetically modified’ statement in accordance with the labelling provisions. 
EN
Section 1.5.2-4 of the Food Standards code generally requires a food for sale that consists of a GM food or shas a GM food as an ingredient to be labelled as 'genetically modified' unless one off the exemptions listed in that subsection apply. Where required, the label statement 'genetically modified' must be made in conjunction with the name of the GM food (subsection 1.5.2-4(2)). If the GM food is present in the food for sale as an ingredient, this statement may be included in the statement of ingredients for the food for sale (subsection 1.5.2-4(3)).


EN
Information sharing with other databases
Yes
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-280792-2 Living Modified Organism SPS-ØBG25-7 - Disease-resistant, low-reducing sugars and reduced browning potato
    J.R. Simplot Company, J.R. Simplot Company | Changes in quality and/or metabolite content (Carbohydrates, Pigmentation / Coloration), Resistance to diseases and pests (Fungi, Viruses, Potato virus Y (PVY)), Resistance to herbicides (Imidazolinone), Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
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Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration
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