Environmental risk assessment of import and processing of GM soybean MON94637
- The present application (GMFF-2023-21116; AP188) concerns the authorisation for import and processing for use in feed and food of genetically modified (GM) soybean MON94637;
- GM soybean MON94637 will not be commercialised as a single product, the environmental risk assessment therefore considers the hypothetical case in which import could occur;
- The GM soybean expresses the 2 and cry1B.2 genes conferring resistance to certain lepidopteran insects;
- The molecular characterisation of soybean MON94637 meets the criteria of COGEM;
- In the Netherlands, feral soybean populations do not occur;
- Hybridisation of soybean with other species is not possible in the Netherlands;
- There are no indications that the introduced traits allow GM soybean MON94637 to survive in the Dutch environment;
- COGEM is of the opinion that import and processing of GM soybean MON94637 poses a negligible risk to the environment in the Netherlands;
- COGEM abstains from giving advice on the potential risks of incidental consumption since other organisations carry out a food/feed assessment.