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OECD Unique Identifier details

DP-Ø23211-2
Commodity: Corn / Maize
Traits: Herbicide tolerance,Insect resistance
Australia
Name of product applicant: Dow AgroSciences Australia
Summary of application:

Dow AgroSciences Australia Pty Ltd, a member of the Corteva Agriscience group of companies, submitted an application to FSANZ to vary Schedule 26 in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code). The variation is to include food from a new genetically modified (GM) corn line with OECD Unique Identifier DP-Ø23211-2 (herein referred to as DP23211). This corn line has been genetically modified to have tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate and be protected against the insect pest, corn rootworm.


Tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate is achieved with the expression of the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) protein, encoded by the maize optimised mo-pat gene from the bacterium Streptomyces viridochromogenes. The PAT protein acetylates the free amino group of glufosinate to produce the herbicidally-inactive metabolite, 2-acetamido-4-methylphosphinico-butanoic acid (N-acetyl glufosinate). The PAT protein has been assessed by FSANZ in over twenty previous applications and globally is represented in six major crop species and over thirty approved single GM plant events (CERA 2011).


Protection from corn rootworm is achieved by expression of the IPD072Aa protein, encoded by the ipd072Aa gene from soil bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis. Corn rootworm protection is also achieved by introducing DNA sequences in which the expressed dsRNA silence the expression of a gene in western corn rootworm (WCR; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) using a mechanism known as RNA interference or RNAi (Hannon, 2002). The introduced DNA sequences are derived from the smooth septate junction protein 1 (dvssj1) gene from D. virgifera. FSANZ has previously approved a large number of applications where insect-protection in crops was provided by the introduction of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry proteins. This is the first application where insect protection is based on the IPD072Aa protein and DvSSJ1 dsRNA.


DP23211 contains the phosphomannose isomerase(pmi) gene, which is derived from Escherichia coli strain K-12. Expression of the PMI protein allows plant cells to use mannose as a carbon source (Reed et al., 2001; Negrotto et al., 2000). This was used as a selectable marker to assist with identification of transformed plant cells in the early stages of selection. The PMI protein has been previously assessed by FSANZ in four corn applications - A564 (FSANZ 2006), A580 (FSANZ 2008b), A1001 (FSANZ 2008a), A1060 (FSANZ 2012) and one rice application – A1138 (FSANZ 2017)


If approved, food derived from DP23211 corn line may enter the Australian and New Zealand food supply as imported food products. 

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Date of authorization: 22/04/2021
Scope of authorization: Food
Links to the information on the same product in other databases maintained by relevant international organizations, as appropriate. (We recommend providing links to only those databases to which your country has officially contributed.): OECD BioTrack database
Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
Please see link below
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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:
Relevant links to documents and information prepared by the competent authority responsible for the safety assessment: A1202 - Food derived from herbicide-tolerant and insect-protected corn line DP23211
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Contact person name:
Gaya Subramaniam
Website:
Physical full address:
Level 4, 15 Lancaster Place, Majura Park ACT 2609, Australia
Phone number:
+61 2 6271 2222
Fax number:
+61 2 6271 2278
Country introduction:

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is the regulatory agency responsible for the development of food standards in Australia and New Zealand. The main office (approximately 115 staff) is located in Canberra (in the Australian Capital Territory) and the smaller New Zealand office (approximately 10 staff) is located in Wellington on the North Island.

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Stacked events:

FSANZ does not: Separately assess food from stacked event lines where food from the GM parents has already been approved; Mandate notification of stacked events by developers; Notify the public of stacked event ‘approvals’; List food derived from stacked event lines in the Code, unless the stacked event line has been separately assessed as a single line e.g. Application A518: MXB-13 cotton (DAS-21023-5 x DAS-24236-5)

No separate approval or safety assessment is necessary for foods derived from a stacked GM line that is the result of traditional breeding between a number of GM parent lines for which food has already been approved. Food from the parent lines must be listed in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. The parent lines may contain any number of different genes. If food from any of the GM parent lines has not been approved, then a full pre-market safety assessment of food from the stacked line must be undertaken.

No separate approval is required for food derived from a line that is the product of a GM line, for which food has been approved, crossed traditionally with a non-GM line.

Where a single line containing a number of genes has been produced as a result of direct gene technology methods (rather than traditional crossing) then food derived from the line must undergo a full pre-market safety assessment before approval can be given

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

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) (http://www.foodstandards.gov.au)

Canada
Name of product applicant: Pioneer Hi-Bred Canada Company
Summary of application:

Pioneer Hi-Bred Canada Company has developed a genetically modified (GM) maize line (Zea mays L.), DP23211, that exhibits resistance to western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) (WCR) and tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium herbicide. The insect resistance trait was achieved through expression of the DvSSJ1 double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and the IPD072Aa protein. The herbicide tolerant trait was achieved through expression of the maize-optimized phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (mo-PAT) protein. In addition, the phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) protein was used as a selection marker.


The expression of the insecticidal IPD072Aa protein, encoded by the ipd072Aa gene, disrupts the gut epithelium of WCR and results in larval death. The expression of the DvSSJ1 double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) interferes with the production of the WCR gut lining protein DvSSJ and results in larval mortality. The expression of the maize-optimized phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (mo-PAT) protein allows tolerance to glufosinate herbicide. Expression of the phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) protein was used as a selection marker. The pmi gene has been previously assessed by Health Canada in insect resistant maize event MIR 162 (2010).

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Date of authorization: 02/09/2021
Scope of authorization: Food
Links to the information on the same product in other databases maintained by relevant international organizations, as appropriate. (We recommend providing links to only those databases to which your country has officially contributed.): OECD BioTrack Product Database
Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
Please see decision document weblink.
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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:
Relevant links to documents and information prepared by the competent authority responsible for the safety assessment: Novel Foods Decision Document
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
Health Canada
Contact person name:
Neil Strand
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Physical full address:
251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway, Tunney's Pasture, PL 2204A1
Phone number:
613-946-1317
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Country introduction:

Federal responsibility for the regulations dealing with foods sold in Canada, including novel foods, is shared by Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Health Canada is responsible for establishing standards and policies governing the safety and nutritional quality of foods and developing labelling policies related to health and nutrition. The CFIA develops standards related to the packaging, labelling and advertising of foods, and handles all inspection and enforcement duties. The CFIA also has responsibility for the regulation of seeds, veterinary biologics, fertilizers and livestock feeds. More specifically, CFIA is responsible for the regulations and guidelines dealing with cultivating plants with novel traits and dealing with livestock feeds and for conducting the respective safety assessments, whereas Health Canada is responsible for the regulations and guidelines pertaining to novel foods and for conducting safety assessments of novel foods.

The mechanism by which Health Canada controls the sale of novel foods in Canada is the mandatory pre-market notification requirement as set out in Division 28 of Part B of the Food and Drug Regulations.

Manufacturers or importers are required under these regulations to submit information to Health Canada regarding the product in question so that a determination can be made with respect to the product's safety prior to sale. The safety criteria for the assessment of novel foods outlined in the current guidance document (i.e. Canadian Guidelines for the Safety Assessment of Novel Foods) were derived from internationally established scientific principles and guidelines developed through the work of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Codex Alimentarius Commission. These guidelines provide for both the rigour and the flexibility required to determine the need for notification and to conduct the safety assessment of the broad range of food products being developed. This flexibility is needed to allow novel foods and food products to be assessed on a case-by-case basis and to take into consideration future scientific advances.

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Stacked events:

Food: Consistent with the definition of "novel food" in Division 28 of the Food and Drug Regulations, the progeny derived from the conventional breeding of approved genetically modified plants (one or both parents are genetically modified) would not be classified as a novel food unless some form of novelty was introduced into such progeny as a result of the cross, hence triggering the requirement for pre-market notification under Division 28. For example, notification may be required for modifications observed in the progeny that result in a change of existing characteristics of the plant that places those characteristics outside of the accepted range, or, that introduce new characteristics not previously observed in that plant (e.g. a major change has occurred in the expression levels of traits when stacked). In addition, the use of a wild species (interspecific cross) not having a history of safe use in the food supply in the development of a new plant line may also require notification to Health Canada. However, molecular stacks are considered new events and are considered to be notifiable as per Division 28.

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

Neil Strand, Section Head of Novel Foods

Indonesia
Name of product applicant: PT. BASF Indonesia
Summary of application:

GM Soybean event FG72 (tolerance to Glyphosate and tolerance to Isoxaflutole)

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Date of authorization: 07/08/2020
Scope of authorization: Food
Links to the information on the same product in other databases maintained by relevant international organizations, as appropriate. (We recommend providing links to only those databases to which your country has officially contributed.): Indonesia Biosafety Clearing House
Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
Indonesian Agency of Drug and Food certified food safety for GM Soybean event FG72 (tolerance to Glyphosate and tolerance to Isoxaflutole)
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and De
Contact person name:
Sustiprijatno
Website:
Physical full address:
BB Biogen Jl Tentara Pelajar 3A Bogor 16111 Indonesia
Phone number:
+622518333440
Fax number:
+622518334420
Country introduction:
  1. Indonesia has  ratified Protocol  on Biosafety to the  Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) through the Indonesian Law No. 21 / 2004.  In the implementation, biosafety  assessment for GM products, based on Goverment Regulation Number 21 /2005, Indonesia  has regulated GM products on  several items including : product kinds and requrements, research and developement,  product importation,  product assessment, release and distribution, supervision and monitoring, and institution and financing. We have also Law for food  No. 18 /2012 which also consists of regulation for GM food.
  2. Indonesia already have procedure /application on GMO  biosafety assessment and National Authorized Institution who conducting  the biosafety  assessment .  Each GM food  should have authorization from Goverment  before it can be released and distributed. An application for authorisation for new  GM food  should be submited to  Biosafety Commision  through related Ministry or authorised Non Departement Goverment Agency (LPND) . Biosafety Commision, then sends the application to the National Agency for Drug and Food Control (Badan POM) for technical team to evaluate  the GM food safety.  The recommendation by technical team will be sent  back  to Biosafety Commision. The recommendation and GM Food safety certificate will be released by Biosafety Commision to the applicant through  related ministry or LPND.  
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Contact details of the competent authority(s) responsible for the safety assessment and the product applicant:

National Agency of Food and Drug Control (BPOM): http://www.pom.go.id/new/home/en

New Zealand
Name of product applicant: Dow AgroSciences Australia
Summary of application:

Dow AgroSciences Australia Pty Ltd, a member of the Corteva Agriscience group of companies, submitted an application to FSANZ to vary Schedule 26 in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code). The variation is to include food from a new genetically modified (GM) corn line with OECD Unique Identifier DP-Ø23211-2 (herein referred to as DP23211). This corn line has been genetically modified to have tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate and be protected against the insect pest, corn rootworm.

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Date of authorization: 06/07/2021
Scope of authorization: Food
Links to the information on the same product in other databases maintained by relevant international organizations, as appropriate. (We recommend providing links to only those databases to which your country has officially contributed.): BioTrack Product Database
Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
In conducting the safety assessment, FSANZ had regard to information from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, a data package provided by the applicant (application and study reports), the scientific literature and other applications. The assessment of corn line DP23211 was restricted to human food safety and nutritional issues. This assessment therefore does not address any risks to the environment that may occur as the result of growing corn line DP23211, or any risks to animals that may consume feed derived from corn line DP23211. Cultivation in Australia or New Zealand would require separate regulatory assessment and approval, by the Gene Technology Regulator in Australia and by the EPA in New Zealand. No public health and safety concerns have been identified. Based on the data provided in the application, and other available information, food derived from corn line DP23211 is considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from non-GM corn cultivars.
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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:
Relevant links to documents and information prepared by the competent authority responsible for the safety assessment: A1202 – Food derived from herbicide-tolerant and insect-protected corn line DP23211
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Authorization expiration date (a blank field means there is no expiration date)
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
Ministry for Primary Industries
Contact person name:
john vandenbeuken
Website:
Physical full address:
Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington, 6012
Phone number:
0298942581
Fax number:
Country introduction:

New Zealand and Australia share a joint food regulation system for the composition of labelling of most foods. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is the regulatory agency responsible for the development of the joint food standards in Australia and New Zealand. The main office (approximately 120 staff) is located in Canberra (in the Australian Capital Territory) and the smaller New Zealand office (approximately 15 staff) is located in Wellington on the North Island.

Useful links
Relevant documents
Stacked events:

FSANZ does not: Separately assess food from stacked event lines where food from the GM parents has already been approved; Mandate notification of stacked events by developers; Notify the public of stacked event ‘approvals’; List food derived from stacked event lines in the Code, unless the stacked event line has been separately assessed as a single line e.g. Application A518: MXB-13 cotton (DAS-21023-5 x DAS-24236-5)

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

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) (http://www.foodstandards.gov.au)