| Maize MIR162, maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MIR162 × NK603 × DAS-40278-9 and subcombinations EFSA statement on the risk assessment of additional information on maize MIR162, complementing the EFSA Scientific opinions on applications for 1) authorisation of food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MIR162 × NK603 × DAS-40278-9 and subcombinations (application EFSA-GMO-NL-2018-151) and 2) renewal of the authorisation of food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize MIR162 (EFSA-GMO-RX-025). EFSA statement: 17 April 2023 EFSA opinion on EFSA-GMO-RX-025: 22 September 2022 EFSA opinion on EFSA-GMO-NL-2018-151: 12 August 2022 Deadline: 17 May 2023Comments received EN••• See our comments: Organisation: The European GMO-free Citizens (De Gentechvrije Burgers) Country: The Netherlands and those of TestBiotech Germany. |
Comments:
We – the European GMO-Free Citizens and the Ekopark Foundation in Lelystad (the
Netherlands) – do not wish to eat this genetically modified maize. We want to eat unsprayed food that has not been genetically manipulated. This is also better for the environment.
Nor do we want genetically modified maize as animal feed. And we do not want you to put it
back on the EU market. If you were to approve it (which we would regret), we would want
every product and every end product to be labelled as a GMO, even if GMOs can no longer be detected in an end product.
See all our comments on GM maize of an earlier date.