Monsanto Australia's GM canola licence, DIR-164, appears in the non-compliance section of three annual reports in a row. In 2023-24 the Regulator said Monsanto "will also be subject to enhanced responsive monitoring by the OGTR". In 2024-25 eight flowering volunteer canola plants were found at a trial site during post-harvest monitoring, and Monsanto was "required to increase the frequency of post-harvest monitoring inspections for Site 6", with only senior staff approved in writing allowed to do them. It is the clearest example in the reports read of the Regulator stepping up its response to a repeat problem. It stopped short of a direction or suspension.
Sources: Annual Reports 2022-23 p 55, 2023-24 p 58, 2024-25 p 58.