Preliminary environmental risk assessment of insect resistant genetically modified maize MON 89034 for cultivation (EFSA/GMO/BE/2011/90)

Abstract

The environmental risk assessment of the insect resistant genetically modified maize MON 89034 (Reference EFSA/GMO/BE/2011/90) has been performed by the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM). VKM has been requested by the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority to issue a preliminary scientific opinion on the safety of the genetically modified maize MON 89034 (Unique identifier MON-89Ø34-3) for cultivation, and submit relevant scientific comments or questions to EFSA on the application EFSA/GMOBE/2011/90. The current submission is intended to complement application EFSA-GMO-NL-2007-37, which was approved by Commission Decision 2009/813/EC of 30 October 2009, authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified maize MON 89034 (scope import, processing, food and feed). Maize MON89034 has previously been assessed by the VKM GMO Panel in connection with EFSA ́s public hearing of the application EFSA/GMO/NL/2007/37 (VKM 2008a). Preliminary health- and environmental risk assessments of several stacked events, with MON 89034 as one of the parental lines, have also been performed by the VKM GMO Panel (VKM 2009a, b, c; VKM 2010a,b).

Miljørisikovurderingen av den genmodifiserte, insektresistente maislinjen MON 89034 (søknad EFSA/GMO/BE/2011/90) fra Monsanto Company er utført av Faggruppen for genmodifiserte organismer i Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet (VKM). VKM er bedt av Direktoratet for naturforvalting og Mattilsynet om å vurdere miljørisiko og landbruksrelatert miljørisiko ved en eventuell godkjenning av maislinjen MON 89034 til dyrking, samt gi kommenterer og innspill til EFSA på søknaden.