52nd plenary meeting of GMO Panel

Meeting date: 
09/09/2009 to 10/09/2009

According to the meeting agenda, the GMO Panel was to discuss the renewal of the food/feed authorisation of Ms8/Rf3 oilseed rape, the food/feed authorisation of MON89034xNK603, and the wok on "Self-tasking on Assessment of allergenicity of genetically modified foods."

Link to Agenda: 
(Draft) Agenda
Related application(s): 
MON89034 x NK603 for food/feed
Related topic(s): 
Assessment of allergenicity of genetically modified foods
Meeting notes adopted: 
21/10/2009
Meeting notes: 
Meeting notes

Panels and working groups: 

Comments on notes: 

The GMO Panel accepted both opinion on Ms8xRf3 and MON89034xNK603. Both opions were since then open for public consultation at the EU.
At its September meeting the GMO Panel agreed on its draft report assessing the allergenicity and passed it on to the EFSA NDA Panel and Scientific Committee. According to the notes the report is up for final adoption in October, and public consultation afterwards.
The GMO Panel also discussed opinions about 3 GM cotton events by Monsanto (MON531, MON145 and MON15985). For all three events the GMO Panel asked Monsanto further questions about the presence of antibiotic marker genes.
The meeting notes also give a short over view over two mandates and three self-task activities that the GMO Panel work on besides assessing GMO applications.