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Final Step For Global Trade: High Oleic Soybeans Receive EU Approval

Gregory Ray|Mar 5, 2019

ST. LOUIS (January 18, 2018) – The soybean industry successfully passed the final regulatory measure to secure global approval for trade of high oleic soybeans upon…

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FDA Authorizes Qualified Health Claim for Oils High In Oleic Acid

Gregory Ray|Mar 5, 2019

ST. LOUIS, November 21, 2018 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use of a qualified health claim citing that oils high in oleic acid,…

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U.S.-Grown Soybean Oil Achieves FDA’s Qualified Heart Health Claim

Gregory Ray|Mar 5, 2019

ST. LOUIS, August 1, 2017 – The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of a qualified health claim confirming soybean oil’s ability to reduce the…

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Monsanto Receives Key Import Approval To Enable 2018 Launch Of Vistive® Gold Soybeans

Gregory Ray|Feb 4, 2019

ST. LOUIS (June 16, 2017) – The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture recently granted approval for the import and food/feed use of Monsanto’s MON 87705 soybean. This approval…

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Eliminate Trans Fat from Foods with Domestically Produced, Sustainable Soy-Based Solutions

Gregory Ray|Jan 25, 2019

ST. LOUIS, June 16, 2015 – America’s soybean farmers are well positioned to help food companies eliminate partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in food products, the primary…

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QUALISOY and the United Soybean Board Back Next Generation Oils Solution

Gregory Ray|Jan 12, 2019

ST. LOUIS, July 15, 2013 - The next big thing in edible oils recently received substantial support from the soybean industry. High oleic soybean oils provide food companies…