EFSA GMO Panel releases assessment of GM Maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and subcombinations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) GMO Panel has released a scientific risk assessment for the renewal of authorization application for the herbicide tolerant and insect resistant genetically modified (GM) maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and 8 out of 10 of its subcombinations, for food and feed uses, excluding cultivation within the European Union.

Following the joint submission of dossier GMFF-2022-9170 under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Bayer Agriculture B.V. and Corteva Agriscience Belgium B.V., the GMO Panel assessed the data submitted for the renewal application, including post-market environmental monitoring reports, an evaluation of the literature retrieved by a scoping review, a search for additional studies performed by or on behalf of the applicant and updated bioinformatics analyses. The GMO Panel assessed these data for possible new hazards, modified exposure, or new scientific uncertainties identified during the authorization period and not previously assessed in the context of the original application.

Under the assumption that the DNA sequences of the events in maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and 8 out of 10 of its subcombinations are identical to the sequences of the originally assessed events, the GMO Panel concluded that there is no evidence for new hazards, modified exposure, or scientific uncertainties that would change the conclusions of the original risk assessment on maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and 8 out of 10 of its subcombinations.

For more details, read the Scientific Opinion in the EFSA Journal.