HERCULEX RW, HERCULEX I/RR2 APPROVED FOR IMPORT INTO EU

News release by Dow AgroSciences, LLC and Pioneer Hi-Bred

The European Commission has granted full food, feed, processing and import approval of grain corn and derived products containing the Herculex RW Rootworm Protection trait, as well as the stack of Herculex I Insect Protection andRoundup Ready Corn 2 (RR2), into the European Union (EU).

These products had previously been deemed safe by the EU's own independent scientific authority . the European Food Safety Authority . and have been approved in numerous other countries around the world already. This decision means grain with these traits is immediately approved for import as grain and processed products into the 27-nation EU.

For a complete copy of the news release contact the Ohio AgriBusiness Association.