The non-authorized genetically modified (GM) maize DAS 59132-8 has not been
found in US imports to Europe, according to a scientific opinion of the GMO
panel of European Food Safety Authority (ESFA). The opinion was requested by
the European Commission after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service detected low levels of this
non-authorized GM maize in a second maize line known as DAS 59122-7. The
uses of this authorised GM plant include its import and processing for food,
feed and industrial applications in the EU.

DAS 59132-8 and DAS 59122-7 were developed by using the same genes. EFSA's
GMO panel stated that the available data are not sufficient to allow a full
risk assessment. However, considering the low-level presence of the
unauthorized DAS 59132 in US stocks (less than 3 seeds/1000 seeds), as well
as the similarity of the two varieties, EFSA has concluded that it is
unlikely that DAS 59132-8 would cause risk to human health or the
environment.

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