The Environmental Risk Management Authority has made a minor amendment to the AgResearch field test approvals granted in November 1999 and May 2001 respectively, that allowed AgResearch to conduct contained field tests involving GM cattle. [...]

* No new GM cattle can be produced or bred from 18 November 2008.

* The existing GM animals can be kept in outdoor containment to allow for decisions to be made on new applications from AgResearch.

* If the new applications are declined, the GM animals must be euthanized within one year.