Yield10 Bioscience Files Request for Regulatory Status Review with USDA-APHIS for Camelina Designed to Produce the EPA and DHA Components of Omega-3 Oil

WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN) (“Yield10” or the “Company”), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that the Company recently filed a request for a Regulatory Status Review (“RSR”) with USDA-APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services (“BRS”) under the Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient (“SECURE”) Rule for proprietary elite Camelina sativa (“Camelina”) varieties designed to produce seed oil containing both essential omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (“EPA”) and docosahexaenoic acid (“DHA”). The genetic pathway deployed in the omega-3 Camelina DHA1 line described in the Company’s RSR submission produces oil containing approximately 10% EPA and 10% DHA, closely resembling the omega-3 EPA/DHA fatty acid profile of northern hemisphere fish oil. Yield10 is making plans to conduct field work with omega-3 (EPA+DHA) Camelina with the goal to begin the ramp-up of seed inventory for future planting as well as to produce omega-3 oil for use in business development activities.

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