MON-877Ø8-9 x MON-89788-1
EU register of genetically modified food and feed.
Event | MON 87708× MON 89788 |
Authorisation holder Name |
Bayer Agriculture BV, Belgium representing Bayer CropScience LP, United States |
Authorisation holder Address |
Bayer Agriculture BV Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium On behalf of Bayer CropScience LP, 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63167 - United States. |
Products |
1) Foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 soybean
2) Feed containing, consisting or produced from MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 soybean 3) Products other than food and feed containing or consisting of MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 soybean for the same uses as any other soybean with the exception of cultivation |
Designation | The genetically modified soybean MON-877Ø8-9 expresses the DMO (dicamba mono-oxygenase) protein which confers tolerance to dicamba-based herbicides and the CP4 EPSPS protein which confers tolerance to glyphosate-based herbicides. |
Labelling |
1. For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ’name of the organism’ shall be ’soybean’;
2. The words 'not for cultivation' shall appear on the label of and in the documents accompanying products containing or consisting of MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 soybean with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2; |
Method for detection |
Event specific real-time quantitative PCR based methods for MON-877Ø8-9 and MON-89788-1 soybeans; the detection methods are validated on the single-trait events and verified on genomic DNA extracted from seeds of MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 soybean.
Validated on by the EU Reference Laboratory established under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, published at URL: http://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/statusofdossiers.aspx |
Reference material | AOCS 0311-A and AOCS 0906-A (for MON-877Ø8-9), and AOCS 0906-B and AOCS 0906-A (for MON-89788-1) accessible via the American Oil Chemists Society at http://www.aocs.org/LabServices/content.cfm?ItemNumber=19248. |
Unique identifier | MON-877Ø8-9 × MON-89788-1 |
Annex II to the Cartagena Protocol | https://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=110987 |
Conditions or restrictions on the placing on the market | Not required |
Monitoring plan | Monitoring plan for environmental effects conforming with Annex VII to Directive 2001/18/EC |
Post-market monitoring requirements | Not required |
Date of authorisation | 25/07/2016 |
Legal base |
Art. 7(3) and 19(3) of the Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 Commission Decision 2016/1216/UE of 22 July 2016 Amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1579 of 18 September 2019 Amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/184 of 12 February 2021 |
Authorisation expiration date | 25/07/2026 |
Further information on risk assessment | http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4136.htm |