HSNO Act Approvals for New Zealand's GMO field tests and outdoor GMO developments

Approvals which have ceased operation, been completed or approval not used

Field test status Organisation Application code Organism Notes
Ceased operation PPL Therapeutics (NZ) Ltd GMF98001 GM sheep - for the purpose of producing a biopharmaceutical (human alpha-1-antitrypsin, hAAT) Trial approved March 1999, with no expiry date. All field test operations have now ceased.
Completed Crop&Food Research GMF98002 GM Petunia Approved March 1999 for 3 months, trial completed Feb-00 (ie 3 months from date of planting). Post trial monitoring completed February 2001.
Completed Kimihia Research Centre on behalf of Betaseed Inc GMF98004 GM sugar beet Approved November 1998. Approval to December 2000, post trial monitoring completed March 2002.
Approval not used Pioneer NZ Ltd GMF98005 GM maize Approved October 1999. Company closure in NZ - trial never commenced.
Approval not used Pioneer NZ Ltd GMF98006 GM maize Approved October 1999. Company closure in NZ - trial never commenced.
Approval not used AgResearch GMF98010 GM E. coli (fermentation) Contract withdrawn - trial never commenced.
Completed Carter Holt Harvey GMF98011 GM P. radiata Approved December 1999. Field test component of trial was cancelled and the shadehouse component extended for a full 3.5 years (ie until June 2003).
Ceased operation AgResearch GMF99004 GM sheep - inactivated myostatin gene Approved October 2000 for 5 years duration. Field test component never commenced due to technical delays.
Completed Crop&Food GMF98007 GM potato Approved December 1998 for period of 5 years. Trial completed in 2003. Post trial monitoring for a minimum of 3 years (June 2006), post trial monitoring until March 2007.
Completed Crop&Food GMF98008 GM potato Approved December 1998 for period of 5 years. Trial completed in 2003. Post trial monitoring for a minimum of 3 years (June 2006), post trial monitoring until March 2007.
Completed Crop&Food Research GMF03001 GM onion Approved December 2003 for 10 years. The total duration of this project including post trial monitoring is eleven years. Approval to December 2014. Trial discontinued May 2008

Approvals for field tests and developments which are currently operating, in post harvest monitoring or an application has been received

Field test status Organisation Application code Organism Notes
Currently operating AgResearch GMF98009 GM cattle - casein (plus) & BLG (minus) constructs only Approved November 1999 for 5 years. Approval extended to November 2008 by amendments (Nov 2004 & Nov 2005) under section 67A of HSNO Act. Approval amended November 2008 whereby animals can be held with no further breeding until a new approval is gained.
Currently operating AgResearch GMF98009 GM cattle - Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) construct only Approved May 2001 for 5 years. Approval extended to May 2010 by amendment (May 2006) under section 67A of HSNO Act. Approval amended March 2010 under section 67A of the HSNO Act whereby animals can be held with no further breeding until a new approvals is gained.
Currently no research being conducted FRI GMF99001 GM P. radiata Approved December 2000 for 20 years. The total duration of this project including post-trial monitoring is twenty two years. Approval to December 2022.
Currently operating FRI GMF99005 GM P. radiata & spruce Approved December 2000 for 9 years. The total duration of this project including post-trial monitoring is eleven years. Approval to December 2011. Approval extended to 2018 by amendment (December 2009)
Currently operating AgResearch GMD02028 GM cattle outdoor development Approved September 2002 for 7.5 years. Approval to March 2010. Outdoor component commenced December 2005. Approval amended under section 67A of the HSNO Act to extend the approval for a further 2.5 years(expires September 2012).
Currently operating
(post harvest monitoring)		 Crop&Food Research GMF06001 GM brassica Approved May 2007 for 10 years. The total duration of this project including post trial monitoring is 11 years.
Approval not activated. Crop&Food Research GMF06002 GM Alliums Approved November 2008 for 10 years. The total duration of this project including post trial monitoring is 12 years
Approval not activated yet. AgReasearch ERMA200223 GM goats, sheep and cattle Approved 13 April 2010 for twenty years. Approval to 15 April 2030.

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