FSANZ Calls for Comment on Food from New GM Soybean
January 8, 2025| |
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application by Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd. to allow the sale and use of food derived from a genetically modified (GM) soybean line MON94637.
GM soybean line MON94637 has been genetically modified to protect the plant from damage caused by lepidopteran insect pests. If approved, food products derived from this GM soybean, such as oil, milk, flour, meal and protein isolates, may enter the Australian and New Zealand food supply as imported items. The safety assessment conducted by FSANZ found no potential public health or safety concerns with food derived from GM soybean MON94637. It is as safe as food from non-GM soybean varieties, the assessment said. Food made from this soybean would need to be labelled as 'genetically modified' if novel DNA and/or novel proteins were contained in the final food.
The approval would not allow the GM soybean MON94637 to be grown in Australia or New Zealand. Cultivation or importation of viable seeds would require separate regulatory assessment and approval by the Gene Technology Regulator in Australia, and the Environmental Protection Authority in New Zealand.
Submission of comments close on February 18, 2025 (Canberra time). For more details about this proposal, or how to send comments, read the news release from FSANZ.
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