Parma, Italy
October 29, 2008
Source:
European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) - The EFSA Journal (2008) 851, 1-27
Request from the European
Commission to review scientific studies related to the impact on
the environment of the cultivation of maize Bt11 and 1507 -
Scientific opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified
Organisms
Question number: EFSA-Q-2008-679
Adopted date: 29/10/2008
Summary
On 19 January 2005 and 20 April 2005, the Panel on Genetically
Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) of the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) issued scientific opinions on genetically
modified maize Bt11 and 1507, both including the scope of
cultivation.
At a meeting of the European Commission with national competent
authorities on 19 June 2006, some Member States raised
objections to the original opinions of the GMO Panel. Most of
these objections related to potential effects of maize Bt11 and
1507 on non-target organisms and in particular lepidopteran
species and to post-market environmental monitoring. Following
the meeting with competent authorities and upon request of the
European Commission, the GMO Panel amended its previous
scientific opinions on 7 November 2006 by adopting an Annex of
clarifications. In the Annex, the GMO Panel concluded that the
information available for maize Bt11 and 1507 addresses
objections and questions raised by Member States, and confirmed
that maize Bt11 and 1507 are unlikely to have adverse effects on
human and animal health or the environment in the context of
their proposed uses.
On 24 July 2008, the GMO Panel received a new request from the
European Commission to review the previous scientific opinions
of maize Bt11 and 1507 in the light of 11 scientific
publications, published after the adoption of the complemented
scientific opinions of the GMO Panel, as well as any other
relevant study.
The GMO Panel concludes that neither the 11 scientific
publications selected and provided by the European Commission,
nor recent peer-reviewed papers identified as relevant by the
GMO Panel, invalidate the former risk assessments of maize Bt11
and 1507 performed by the GMO Panel.
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