EFSA Updates on Risk Assessment Conclusions of Insect Resistant Maize Bt11, MON810
December 19, 2012| |
Following a request from the European Commission (EC), the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA GMO Panel) compiled its previous risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations on genetically modified insect resistant maize Bt11 and MON 810. EFSA considered the validity of these two events' assessment despite relevant scientific publications published from 2005 onwards in case of the former, and 2009 onwards in case of the latter.
EFSA explained that none of the publications reported new information that would invalidate the previous conclusions made by the EFSA GMO Panel on the safety of maize Bt11 and MON810. Therefore, the EFSA GMO Panel considers that its previous risk assessment conclusions on maize Bt11 and MON810, as well as its previous recommendations on risk mitigation measures and monitoring, remain valid and applicable.
View EFSA's news release at http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3018.htm and http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3017.htm.
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