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OECD Unique Identifier details

DBN-Ø9ØØ4-6
Commodity: Soyabean / Soybeans
Traits: Herbicide tolerance
Argentina
Name of product applicant: INDEAR S.A.
Summary of application:

In soybeans with the DBN-Ø9ØØ4-6 event, two genes have been introduced: I) the pat gene encoding the enzyme phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT), which inactivates the active ingredient L-phosphinothricin of glufosinate-based herbicides. ammonium, and II) the cp4epsps gene, which encodes the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (CP4EPSPS), a key enzyme in the shikimate pathway, essential in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and many other secondary metabolites. The enzyme derived from the CP4 strain of A. tumefaciens is not sensitive to inhibition by glyphosate, which gives the plant tolerance to this herbicidal allergen known for the expressed proteins.

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Date of authorization: 20/10/2018
Scope of authorization: Food and feed
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Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
• Inheritance studies conducted indicated that Mendelian segregation exists. • New expression proteins are expressed in low levels. • It is compositionally equivalent to its non-transgenic counterpart. • No evidence of similarity or homology was found with known toxic proteins. • There is no evidence of expression of known allergenic substances for the proteins expressed in the event. It is concluded that the event is substantially equivalent to its conventional counterpart, therefore, it is as safe and no less nutritious than conventional commercial varieties.
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
Ministerio de Agroindustria
Contact person name:
Andrés Maggi
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Physical full address:
Paseo Colón Avenue 367, 3° floor, City of Buenos Aires
Phone number:
54 11 5222 5986
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Country introduction:

In Argentina, the food and feed risk assessment process of transformation events, as the result of modern biotechnology, is carried out by the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa). The General Office of Biotechnology, is the area responsible for carrying out this task. It has an specific professional team and the advise of a Technical Advisory Committee composed of experts from several scientific disciplines representing different sectors involved in the production, industrialization, consumption, research and development of genetically modified organisms.

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Stacked events:

Stacked events with all single events approved, are assessed as a new event, but with much less requirements, always on a case-by-case basis.

Contact details of the competent authority(s) responsible for the safety assessment and the product applicant:

National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa)

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/senasa

 

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/senasa/programas-sanitarios/biotecnologia

Brazil
Name of product applicant: Tevah Consultoria Regulatória.
Summary of application:

DBN-09004-6 soybean is a genetically modified soybean line that expresses the cp4-epsps and pat genes for tolerance to the herbicides glyphosate and ammonium glufosinate, respectively, present in a single copy cassette located on chromosome 13 of the genome of this lineage, which was inserted into a loci that does not affect the expression of other genes. To support the simplified risk assessment, the Company used as a reference the event DAS-44406-6, which has the same epsps and pat genes, grouped in a single cassette.

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Date of authorization: 09/11/2023
Scope of authorization: Food and feed
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Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
The data presented in the majority request for DBN-09004-6 soybean complies with current standards and legislation that aim to guarantee the biosafety of the environment, agriculture, human and animal health, and allows us to conclude that DBN-09004-6 soybean is substantially equivalent conventional soy, its consumption being safe for human and animal health. Regarding the environment, genetically modified subcombinations do not potentially cause significant degradation of the environment, maintaining an identical relationship with the biota to conventional soy.
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Where detection method protocols and appropriate reference material (non-viable, or in certain circumstances, viable) suitable for low-level situation may be obtained:
Molecular traditional methods.
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Authorization expiration date (a blank field means there is no expiration date) Not applicable.
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
National Biosafety Technical Commission
Contact person name:
Paulo Augusto Viana Barroso
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Physical full address:
SPO Area 5 Qd 3 Bl B S 10.1 Brasilia DF
Phone number:
556120335087
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Brazil had the first biosafety law approved in 1995. After the identification of the need to improve the biosafety system of Brazilian genetically modified organisms, a new law was published. The Law 11.105 / 05 establishes a technical committee dedicated to the analysis of the safety aspects of genetically modified organisms and a council of ministers that is dedicated to the analysis of the socioeconomic aspects of the commercial release of genetically modified organisms. In this context, Brazil already has several commercial products that involve genetically modified organisms (plants, human and veterinary vaccines, microorganisms for fuel production) and products derived from new genetic modification techniques.

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Stacked events:

At the discretion of, and upon consultation with, CTNBio, a new analysis and issuance of technical opinion may be released on GMOs containing more than one event, combined through classic genetic improvement and which have been previously approved for commercial release by CTNBio

Contact details of the competent authority(s) responsible for the safety assessment and the product applicant:

Dr. Paulo Augusto Viana Barroso (President of national Biosafety Commission)