Novel Food Information- Herbicide-Tolerant Rice – HPHI2 Event (Provisia®)

Health Canada has notified BASF that it has no objection to the food use of rice expressing endogenous acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) containing a single amino acid mutation which confers tolerance to the aryloxyphenoxypropionate (FOP) and cyclohexanediones (DIM) group of herbicides used to control grass weeds. The Department conducted a comprehensive assessment of this rice event according to its Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods.