EFSA Journal (Jul 2019)

Assessment of genetically modified soybean MON 87708 × MON 89788 × A5547‐127, for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application EFSA‐GMO‐NL‐2016‐135)

  • EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (EFSA GMO Panel),
  • Hanspeter Naegeli,
  • Jean‐Louis Bresson,
  • Tamas Dalmay,
  • Ian Crawford Dewhurst,
  • Michele Epstein,
  • Leslie George Firbank,
  • Philippe Guerche,
  • Jan Hejatko,
  • Francisco Javier Moreno,
  • Ewen Mullins,
  • Fabien Nogué,
  • Nils Rostoks,
  • Jose Juan Sánchez Serrano,
  • Giovanni Savoini,
  • Eve Veromann,
  • Fabio Veronesi,
  • Fernando Álvarez,
  • Antonio Fernandez Dumont,
  • Nikoletta Papadopoulou,
  • Michele Ardizzone,
  • Yann Devos,
  • Andrea Gennaro,
  • Jose Ángel Ruiz Gómez,
  • Anna Lanzoni,
  • Franco Maria Neri,
  • Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos,
  • Tommaso Raffaello,
  • Giacomo De Sanctis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5733
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Soybean MON 87708 × MON 89788 × A5547‐127 (three‐event stack soybean) was produced by conventional crossing to combine three single events: MON 87708, MON 89788 and A5547‐127. The GMO Panel previously assessed the three single events and did not identify safety concerns. No new data on the single events, leading to modification of the original conclusions on their safety have been identified. The molecular characterisation, comparative analysis (agronomic, phenotypic and compositional characteristics) and the outcome of the toxicological, allergenicity and nutritional assessment indicate that the combination of the single soybean events and of the newly expressed proteins in the three‐event stack soybean does not give rise to food and feed safety and nutritional concerns. The GMO Panel concludes that the three‐event stack soybean, as described in this application, is as safe as and nutritionally equivalent to its conventional counterpart and the non‐GM reference varieties tested. The nutritional impact of food/feed derived from the three‐event stack soybean is expected to be the same as that of food/feed derived from the conventional counterpart and non‐GM reference varieties. In the case of accidental release of viable seeds of the three‐event stack soybean into the environment, this would not raise environmental safety concerns. The post‐market environmental monitoring plan and reporting intervals are in line with the intended uses of the three‐event stack soybean. Post‐market monitoring of food/feed is not considered necessary. The GMO Panel concludes that the three‐event stack soybean is as safe as its conventional counterpart and the tested non‐GM reference varieties with respect to potential effects on human and animal health and the environment.

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