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Table 6: Approved genetically engineered food products in Switzerland
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Altered trait |
# Promoter |
| Genes introduced | | (Sources of transgenes) |
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Terminator |
Approval / Date |
Related approvals country (ID) |
ID |
Chymosin***
(ex K. lactis) |
Maxiren®
Giste Brocades |
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Cheese
production |
nda |
|
prochymosin (isomer B) |
| (bovine) |
| |
nda |
BAG *: 1988 |
UK (37), alpha |
- |
Chymosin***
(ex E. coli K12) |
Chy-Max®
Pfizer |
|
Cheese
production |
nda | |
prochymosin (isomer A) |
| (bovine) | |
nda |
BAG *: 1992 |
UK (38), alpha |
- |
Chymosin***
(ex A. niger) |
Chymogen®
Christian Hansen |
|
Cheese
production |
nda |
|
prochymosin (isomer B) |
| (bovine) |
|
nda |
BAG *: 1993 |
UK (39), alpha |
- |
| Vitamin B12 |
Rhône-Poulenc |
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Food
additive |
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BAG **: 12/96 |
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- |
Soybean
(for processing only) |
Roundup Re
ady®
Monsanto |
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HT (gly) |
1) e-P-35S |
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CP4 epsps (with CTP4) |
| (Agrobacterium (Petunia hybrida)) | |
nos 3' |
BAG **: 12/96 |
US (8), UK (52), NL (98), Can (75), Jap (81), EC (34), Aus(-) |
- |
Primary source: BAG; *) approved according to 'Fabrikationshilfsstoffe
in der Milchverarbeitung'; **) approved according to LMG; ***)
prochymosin is purified and activated to chymosin by autocatalysis
at pH 2; alpha, recombinantly expressed chymosin has been approved
in at least 17 countries, including Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Finland,
Hungary, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United
States and former Yugoslavia (Teuber, 1993); italics, data
given in italics were taken from sources other than the
responsible approving authorities (e.g. description of a related
product); for abbreviations see legend of
Table 3 (Approved genetically modified crops in the United States) and
Glossary.
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