The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMO Panel) has published the Scientific Opinion on the safety of
five-event stack genetically modified drought$B!>(B and glyphosate$B!>(Btolerant and
insect resistant maize and its subcombinations independently of their
origin. The Scientific Opinion is published based on the application EFSA$B!>(B
GMO$B!>(BNL$B!>(B2016$B!>(B134 under Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 from Monsanto Company



The scope of application EFSA$B!>(BGMO$B!>(BNL$B!>(B2016$B!>(B134 is for food and feed uses,
import and processing in the European Union (EU) of the genetically modified
(GM) herbicide$B!>(B and drought$B!>(Btolerant and insect$B!>(Bresistant maize MON 87427
$B!_(B MON 87460 $B!_(B MON 89034 $B!_(B MIR162 $B!_(B NK603 and all its subcombinations
independently of their origin. The GMO Panel has previously assessed the
five single maize events and 11 of the subcombinations and did not identify
safety concerns. No new data on the single maize events or the 11
subcombinations that could lead to modification of the original conclusions
on their safety were identified. The GMO Panel concludes that the five$B!>(B
event stack maize, as described in this application, is as safe as and
nutritionally equivalent to its non$B!>(BGM comparator and the non$B!>(BGM reference
varieties tested.



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