Open AccessScientific Opinion on an application by Bayer CropScience and Monsanto ( EFSA ‐ GMO ‐ NL ‐2009‐75) for placing on the market of genetically modified glufosinate‐ammonium‐ and glyphosate‐tolerant oilseed rape MS 8 × RF 3 × GT 73 and subcombinations, which have not been authorised previously (i.e. MS 8 × GT 73 and RF 3 × GT 73) independently of their origin, for food and feed uses, import and processing, with the exception of isolated seed protein for food, under Regulation ( EC ) No 1829/2003
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Publication year - 2016
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efsa journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.076
H-Index - 97
ISSN - 1831-4732
DOI - 10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4466
Subject(s) - rapeseed , scope (computer science) , genetically modified organism , microbiology and biotechnology , event (particle physics) , food safety , biology , agronomy , business , agricultural science , food science , computer science , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , gene , programming language
The EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms ( GMO ) previously assessed the three single events that are combined to produce the three‐event stack oilseed rape ( OSR ) MS8 × RF 3 × GT 73. In this Scientific Opinion, the GMO Panel assessed the three‐event stack OSR and subcombinations that have not been authorised previously (i.e. MS 8 × GT 73 and RF 3 × GT 73), independently of their origin, for food and feed uses, import and processing, with the exception of isolated seed protein for food. The combination of OSR events, MS 8, RF 3 and GT 73, in the three‐event stack OSR does not raise issues relating to molecular, agronomic/phenotypic or compositional characteristics requiring further investigations. In line with previous assessments and considering the scope of this application, the GMO Panel did not find indications of safety concern for food and feed with trace levels of glyphosate oxidoreductase ( GOX )v247 protein derived from the three‐event stack OSR ; whereas, the GMO Panel cannot assess the safety of three‐event stack OSR products rich in protein, such as rapeseed protein isolates in feed. As the risk assessment of the three‐event stack OSR could not be completed for products rich in protein, such as rapeseed protein isolates, the GMO Panel is not in a position to complete the food and feed safety assessment of subcombinations within the scope of this application (i.e. MS 8 × GT 73 and RF 3 × GT 73). The two‐event stack OSR MS 8 × RF 3 is outside the scope of this application. Considering the scope of this application, the mode of action of the introduced traits and the data available for the three‐event and two‐event stack OSR MS 8 × RF 3, the GMO Panel considered that different combinations of the events, MS 8, RF 3 and GT 73, would not raise environmental concerns.