Open AccessAnnual post‐market environmental monitoring (PMEM) report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in 2014 from Monsanto Europe S.A.
Author(s) -
Andrew Nicholas Birch,
Josep Casacuberta,
Adinda De Schrijver,
Achim Gathmann,
Mikołaj Antoni Gralak,
Philippe Guerche,
Huw Jones,
Barbara Manachini,
Antoine Messéan,
Hanspeter Naegeli,
Elsa Nielsen,
Fabien Nogué,
Christophe Robaglia,
Nils Rostoks,
Jeremy Sweet,
Christoph C. Tebbe,
Francesco Visioli,
JeanMichel Wal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
efsa journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.076
H-Index - 97
ISSN - 1831-4732
DOI - 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4446
Subject(s) - european commission , microbiology and biotechnology , genetically modified maize , european union , agricultural science , product (mathematics) , business , resistance (ecology) , agricultural economics , genetically modified crops , biology , economics , agronomy , international trade , biochemistry , transgene , geometry , mathematics , gene
Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the European Food Safety Authority ( GMO Panel) assessed the annual post‐market environmental monitoring ( PMEM ) report for the 2014 growing season of maize MON 810 provided by Monsanto Europe S.A. The GMO Panel concludes that the insect resistance monitoring data do not indicate a decrease in susceptibility of field Iberian populations of corn borers to the Cry1Ab protein over the 2014 season. However, as the methodology for insect resistance monitoring remained unchanged compared to previous PMEM reports, the GMO Panel reiterates its previous recommendations for improvement of the insect resistance management plan. The GMO Panel considers that the farmer alert system to report complaints regarding product performance could complement the information obtained from the laboratory bioassays, but encourages the consent holder to provide more information in order to be in a position to appraise its usefulness. The data on general surveillance activities do not indicate any unanticipated adverse effects on human and animal health or the environment arising from the cultivation of maize MON 810 cultivation in 2014. The GMO Panel reiterates its previous recommendations to improve the methodology for the analysis of farmer questionnaires and conduct of the literature review in future annual PMEM reports on maize MON 810. The GMO Panel urges the consent holder to consider how to make best use of the information recorded in national registers to optimise sampling for farmer questionnaires, and requests to continue reviewing and discussing relevant scientific publications on possible adverse effects of maize MON 810 on rove beetles. Also, the GMO Panel encourages relevant parties to continue developing a methodological framework to use existing networks in the broader context of environmental monitoring.