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Country's Decision or any other Communication
(DEC)
published: 28 Dec 2005
last updated: 19 Mar 2010
- Communication of information about an illegal transboundary movement of an LMO (Article 25.3)
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BCH-LMO-SCBD-45400-3 Living Modified Organism Bt-10 MaizeResistance to antibiotics (Ampicillin), Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)), Resistance to herbicides (Glufosinate)
Having obtained the information that some genetically engineered corns (Bt 10) which were inadvertently cultivated in the United States, a None-Party, were likely to have been exported to Japan, Japanese competent authorities checked the corns being imported into Japan from the US at borders, based on the relevant laws and regulations, and confirmed that Bt 10 were detected from some cargos. Accordingly, measures have been taken to prevent their distribution in Japan.
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