This approval is for use as Food, Feed and Processing only. This does not include cultivation of Insect Resistant Cotton (Cotton MON 531) in the Philippines. Food and Feed use of Bollgard Cotton and its by-products is therefore authorized as of February 5, 2004. The biosafety permit (No. 04-016) stated that “ Insect tolerant cotton (Cotton MON 531) is safe for human food, livestock feed and for processing as its conventional counterparts”.