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Notifying under qualifying higher plant notifications: guidance for developers

What to do if you want to release qualifying higher plants into the environment in a research or development trial.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 31 January 2025

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Guidance for developers notifying under qualifying higher plant notifications

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This advice and guidance is intended for use by researchers and developers who want to release plants into the environment under a ‘qualifying higher plant’ (QHP) notification.

This guidance explains how to:

• meet preparation, storage and handling requirements
• prevent the unintentional release of a genetically modified organism
• prevent material from being marketed
• follow field trial best practice

Published 31 January 2025