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OECD Unique Identifier details

MON 95275
Commodity: Corn / Maize
Traits: Insect resistance
Australia
Name of product applicant: Bayer CropScience Proprietary Limited
Summary of application:

FSANZ received an application from Bayer CropScience Proprietary Limited to vary Schedule 26 in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. The variation is to include food from a new genetically modified (GM) corn line MON95275, with the OECD Unique Identifier MON-95275-7. This corn line is protected against coleopteran insect pests, primarily western corn rootworm (WCR; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).


Protection from coleopteran insect pests is achieved by expression of the insecticidal Mpp75Aa1.1 and Vpb4Da2 proteins, encoded by the bacterial genes mpp75Aa1.1 and vpb4Da2 from Brevibacillus laterosporus and Bacillus thuringiensis, respectively. MON95275 also contains DvSnf7.1 double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). The introduced DNA sequences are derived from the Snf7 gene from Diabrotica virgifera virgifera. When consumed by WCR larvae, DvSnf7 dsRNA triggers the insect’s RNA interference (RNAi) machinery, leading to insect death.


A1262 is the first application to assess the Mpp75Aa1.1 and Vpb4Da2 proteins. However, the DvSnf7 dsRNA has been previously assessed and approved by FSANZ (Application A1097; FSANZ 2015).

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Date of authorization: 30/10/2023
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):
The safety assessment of corn line MON95275 is in Risk assessment supporting document. No potential public health and safety concerns have been identified. Based on the data provided and other information, food derived from corn line MON95275 is considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional 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: A1262 - Food derived from insect-protected corn line MON95275
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Organization/agency name (Full name):
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Contact person name:
Gaya Subramaniam
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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)

Brazil
Name of product applicant: Monsanto do Brasil Ltda.
Summary of application:

Commercial release of the genetically modified MON 95275 with protection against damage caused to the plant's root system by coleopteran larvae. MON 95275 corn produces the insecticidal protein Mpp75Aa1.1 derived from Brevibacillus laterosporus, the insecticidal protein Vpb4Da2 derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and a double-stranded RNA transcript of an inverted repeat sequence designed to be compatible with the Snf7 gene.

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Date of authorization: 15/06/2023
Scope of authorization: Food and feed
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Summary of the safety assessment (food safety):
The risk analysis of the genetically modified maize it is possible to conclude that the MON 95275 event in the process of commercial release is safe. The data presented in the majority request for MON 95275 corn comply with the rules and legislation in force that aim to guarantee the biosafety of the environment, agriculture, human and animal health, and allow the conclusion that MON 95275 corn is substantially equivalent to conventional corn, and its safe consumption for human and animal health. With regard to the environment, it can be concluded that the genetically modified subcombinations are not potentially the cause of significant degradation of the environment, maintaining a relationship with the biota identical to that of conventional corn.
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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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Country introduction:

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)