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.

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