Following the submission of an application (EFSA-GMO-BE-2011-98) under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Bayer CropScience, the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA GMO Panel) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety of herbicide-tolerant genetically modified (GM) soybean (Glycine max L.) FG72 (Unique Identifier MST-FGØ72-2). The scope of application EFSA-GMO-BE-2011-98 is for import, processing, and food and feed uses of soybean FG72 within the European Union (EU), but it excludes cultivation in the EU.
The EFSA GMO Panel evaluated soybean FG72 with reference to the scope and appropriate principles described in its guidelines for the risk assessment of GM plants. The evaluation addressed the following components of the risk assessment: the molecular characterisation of the inserted DNA and analysis of the expression of the corresponding proteins; the comparative analyses of compositional, agronomic and phenotypic characteristics; the safety of the newly expressed proteins and the whole food/feed with respect to potential toxicity, allergenicity and nutritional characteristics; and the environmental risk assessment and the post-market environmental monitoring plan.
