Genetically Altered Grocery List

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Genetically Engineered Food and Feed Allowed on the Market

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Product	Institution(s)	Engineered Trait(s)	Sources of New Genes	Name Date Allowed on Market
Alfalfa	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	Roundup Ready 2005
Canola	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	LibertyLink 2000
Canola	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds	Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus	Roundup Ready 1999
Canola	Monsanto	Altered oil (high lauric acid) for soap and food products	Calif bay, turnip rape, bacteria, virus	Laurical 1995
Canola	Bayer	Male sterile to facilitate hybridization; resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria	SeedLink 2000
Chicory (radicchio)	Bejo Zaden	Male sterile to facilitate hybridization	Bacteria	SeedLink 1997
Corn	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds/male sterile to facilitate hybridization	Bacteria, virus	SeedLink Date unknown
Corn	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	LibertyLink Date unknown
Corn	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Bacteria, virus	StarLink 1998 (approved only for animal feed)
Corn	Dow/Mycogen	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Corn, bacteria, virus	NatureGard 1995
Corn	Dow/Mycogen	Bt toxin to control insect pests (corn rootworm)/Resist glufosinate herbicide	Bacteria, virus	Herculex Rootworm 2005
Corn	Dow/Mycogen DuPont/Pioneer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (Lepidopteran)	Corn, bacteria, virus	Herculex I 2001
Corn	DuPont/Pioneer	Male sterile to facilitate hybridization	Potato, corn, bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1998
Corn	Monsanto/ DeKalb	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Bacteria	Bt-Xtra 1997
Corn	Monsanto/ DeKalb	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	Name, date unknown
Corn	Monsanto	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Bacteria	YieldGard 1996
Corn	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1998
Corn	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (corn rootworm)	Bacteria	Name unknown 2006
Corn	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds	Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus	Roundup Ready 1998
Corn	Renessen (Monsanto and Cargill)	Higher levels of lysine to enhance animal feed	Bacteria	Mavera High Value Corn with Lysine 2006
Corn	Syngenta	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Bacteria	Bt11 1996
Corn	Syngenta	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Corn, bacteria, virus	Knock Out 1995
Corn	Syngenta	Bt toxin to control insect pests (corn rootworm)	Bacteria	Name unknown 2007
Corn (pop)	Syngenta	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Corn, bacteria, virus	Knock Out 1998
Corn (sweet)	Syngenta	Bt toxin to control insect pests (European corn borer)	Bacteria	Bt11 1998
Cotton	Bayer/Aventis	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Virus	Name unknown 2003
Cotton	Monsanto/ Bayer	Resist bromoxynil herbicide to control weeds/Bt toxin to control insect pests (cotton bollworms and tobacco budworm)	Bacteria	Name unknown 1998
Cotton	Monsanto/ Bayer	Resist bromoxynil herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	BXN Cotton 1995
Cotton	Monsanto	Bt toxin to control insect pests (cotton bollworms and tobacco budworm)	Bacteria	Bollgard 1995
Cotton	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds	Arabidopsis, bacteria, virus	Roundup Ready 1996
Cotton	Mycogen/Dow	Bt toxin to control insect pests/Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	Bollgard II 2002
Cotton	Mycogen/Dow	Bt toxin to control insect pests/Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	HerculexT I 2001
Flax	Univ Saskatchewan	Resist sulfonylurea herbicide to grow in soils with herbicide residues	Arabidopsis, bacteria	CDC Triffid 1999
Papaya	Cornell Univ/ Univ Hawaii	Resist papaya ringspot virus	Bacteria, virus	Sunup, Rainbow 1997
Potato	Monsanto	Bt toxin to control insect pests (Colorado potato beetle)	Bacteria	NewLeaf 1995
Potato	Monsanto	Bt toxin to control insect pests (Colorado potato beetle)/resist potato virus Y	Bacteria, virus	NewLeaf Y 1999
Potato	Monsanto	Bt toxin to control insect pests (Colorado potato beetle)/resist potato leafroll virus	Bacteria, virus	NewLeaf Plus 1998
Rice	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	LibertyLink 2004
Soybean	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1998
Soybean	DuPont	Altered oil (high oleic acid) to increase stability, reduce polyunsaturated fatty acids	Soybean, bean, bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1997
Soybean	Monsanto	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds	Petunia, soybean, bacteria, virus	Roundup Ready 1995
Squash	Seminis Vegetable Seed	Resist watermelon mosaic 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic viruses	Bacteria, virus	Freedom II 1995
Squash	Seminis Vegetable Seed	Resist watermelon mosaic 2, zucchini yellow mosaic, cucumber mosaic viruses	Bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1997
Sugarbeet	Bayer	Resist glufosinate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	Name unknown 2000
Sugarbeet	Monsanto/ Syngenta	Resist glyphosate herbicide to control weeds	Bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1999
Tomato (cherry)	Agritope	Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value	Bacteria	Name unknown 1996
Tomato	DNA Plant Technology	Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value	Tomato, bacteria, virus	Endless Summer 1995
Tomato	Monsanto/ Calgene	Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value	Tomato, bacteria, virus	FlavrSavr 1994
Tomato	Monsanto	Altered ripening to enhance fresh market value	Bacteria	Name unknown 1995
Tomato	Zeneca/ PetoSeed	Thicker skin and altered pectin to enhance processing value	Tomato, bacteria, virus	Name unknown 1995