New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

Page 2407

✨ Genetically Modified Organisms Approvals



31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2407

  1. The management and monitoring programme and the actions taken in accordance with it shall be recorded in a manner that allows verification by the IAG or its successor at any inspection;

  2. Written verification shall be provided that all seed originating from the trial has been exported at the completion of the trial;

  3. Clearly legible location and site plans shall be provided to the IAG;

  4. The IAG or its successor may inspect the trial sites at mutually agreed times.

Trial start date
December 1996
Completion date
Dromore site-April 1997
St Andrews site-May 1997
Post harvest monitoring completion date
Dromore site-April 2001
St Andrews site-May 2001
or one year after no further canola seedlings appear on the trial site.

Trial Number 44
Project title Large scale fermentation of genetically modified Escherichia coli
Application approved 21 July 1997
Approved trial period N/A (approved for three fermentations)
Organism Common name Escherichia coli
Organism Scientific Name Escherichia coli K-12 (strain BB4 LE392.23)
Modified by: Echinococcus granulosus cDNA coding for a protective antigen of the tapeworm parasite
Locations of trial Industrial Research Limited, Gracefield, Lower Hutt
Institution / Company AgResearch Institute Animal Health Division, Wallaceville
Institution / Company Contact(s) D. D. Heath

Conditions on approval:

  1. The approval is for three fermentations of 1000L volumes, or less.

  2. Access to the containment facility is restricted to authorised personnel;

  3. Prior to the fermentation beginning, the Biological Safety Officer of Industrial Research Limited shall confirm in writing to the IAG that the facility meets the physical containment standard Category 1, as detailed in Appendix A of the application, and is appropriate for large scale work;

  4. Established experimental protocols for testing the effectiveness of the heat treatment step in killing the bacteria shall be used;

  5. Established experimental protocols for testing plasmid DNA in effluent is destroyed prior to disposal shall be used;

  6. The effluent shall be autoclaved at 121°C for half an hour to ensure any remaining DNA is denatured;

  7. Confirmation is required that the organism used for inoculation



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🏥 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms Approvals) Order 1998 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Genetically Modified Organisms, Approvals, Researcher approvals, Plant species, Containment categories

🏥 Approval for Large Scale Fermentation of Genetically Modified Escherichia coli

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
21 July 1997
Genetically Modified Organisms, Fermentation, Escherichia coli, Containment, Industrial Research
  • D. D. Heath