GHB811

Authorisation holder: The name and address of the authorisation holder is BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC, 100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932, USA.
(2) The authorisation holder is represented in Great Britain by BASF PLC, 2 Stockport Exchange, Railway Road, Stockport, Cheshire, UK, SK1 3GG

Characteristics: GHB811 cotton was modified by the addition of the 2mepsps and hppdPfW336-1Pa gene cassettes. The 2mEPSPS protein is modified from the wild-type maize EPSPS protein which is a target for glyphosate herbicides. The modifications made in 2mEPSPS decrease glyphosate 36 binding affinity, thereby conferring tolerance to glyphosate herbicides. The HPPD W336 protein is a modified HPPD protein and confers improved tolerance to HPPD (4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase) inhibitors.

Detection method: The method is set out in the document entitled “Event-specific Method for the Quantification of cotton GHB811 by Real-time PCR”, reference “EURL-VL-04/18VP” and published 13 July 2020. Validated by the EU Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at https://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/method-validations

Authorised use: a) foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GH811-4;  (b) feed containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified cotton BCS-GH811-4; (c) products containing, or consisting of, genetically modified cotton BCS-GH811-4 for uses other than those provided for in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), with the exception of cultivation.

Labelling: (1) For the purposes of the labelling requirements in Articles 13(1) and 25(2) of Regulation 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation 1830/2003, the ‘name of the organism’ is ‘cotton’. 

(2) The words ‘not for cultivation’ must appear on the label of, and in documents accompanying, the products containing or consisting of genetically modified cotton BCS-GH811-4, with the exception of food and food ingredients.

Information needed under Cartagena Protocol (Annex II): https://bch.cbd.int/en/database/DEC/BCH-DEC-GB-280767-1

Last updated: 13 October 2025 The date the item authorisation was last modified.

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