WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice called: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Availability of a Request and Plant Pest Risk Similarity Assessment for an Extension of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Maize (Corn) Genetically Engineered for Insect Resistance and Herbicide Tolerance.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 6 by Kelly Moore, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Summary: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a request to extend our determination of nonregulated status of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.'s (Pioneer's) DP23211 insect-resistant and glufosinate-ammoniu...