Bayer U.S.-Crop Science: Availability of a Petition for a Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment for Herbicide Resistant MON 96012 Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Bayer U.S.-Crop Science seeking a determination of nonregulated status for herbicide resistant MON 96012 cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) which has been developed using genetic engineering to tolerate glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, triketone 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase -inhibiting, and PPO- inhibiting herbicides. We are making the petition and draft plant pest risk assessment available for public review and comment.
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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Bayer U.S.-Crop Science seeking a determination of nonregulated status for herbicide resistant MON 96012 cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) which has been developed using genetic engineering to tolerate glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, triketone 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase -inhibiting, and PPO- inhibiting herbicides. We are making the petition and draft plant pest risk assessment available for public review and comment.
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Published
September 21, 2026
Comment deadline
November 20, 2026