Benzinga | Sep 22, 2020 08:11AM EDT

Origin Agritech Receives National Testing Standard Approval For Two GMO Corn Traits

BEIJING, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ:SEED)(the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company,today announced that the Standard Testing Method and Procedures of the company's two GMO corn seed traits have been approved in a newly published National Standards Catalog by The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs of China (MOA).

The traits that received the National Testing Standard approval are G1105E-823C, a double stack of insect resistance and herbicide tolerance corn and GH5112E-117C, an herbicide tolerance corn.

As part of the approval process, Origin's traits were tested and reviewed by third-party institutes appointed by the MOA. This method will be the national standard for testing procedures for these traits in future variety development and commercialization. According to the publication, the Standard will be implemented on November 1, 2020.