WASHINGTON — A conflict over a petition to deregulate the first corn trait with a bioengineered output trait came to a head last week with the North American Millers' Association asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture not to take action on the petition. At issue was a petition by Sjmgenta Seeds, Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., to deregulate Alpha Amylase Com Event 3272, knovm as com amylase and marketed under the Enogen brand. The com, which contains the enzyme amylase, is expected to be valuable to the ethanol industry because it lowers the cost of converting com starch into ethanol.
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