EFSA's Statement on France's Request to Halt MON810 Cultivation

In response to the request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessed the documents forwarded by France in support of its request to ban the planting of GM maize MON810 in the EU. According to EFSA, the scientific publications and the arguments forwarded by France do not provide any new information that would change the previous risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations released by the EFSA GMO Panel. EFSA considers that the previous GMO Panel risk assessment conclusions and risk management recommendations on MON 810 are still valid and applicable. Thus, EFSA concluded that there is no specific scientific evidence, in terms of risk to human and animal health or the environment, that would support the adoption of an emergency measure on the cultivation of maize MON 810.

For more details, read the complete EFSA statement on http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3809.htm.