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Following the submission of dossier GMFF-2024-22651 under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC, the Panel on genetically modified organisms of the European Food Safety Authority was asked to deliver a scientific risk assessment on the data submitted in the context of the renewal of authorisation application for the herbicide-tolerant genetically modified maize T25, for food and feed uses, excluding cultivation within the European Union. The data received in the context of this renewal application contained post-market environmental monitoring reports, an evaluation of the literature retrieved by a scoping review, a search for additional studies performed by or on behalf of the applicant and updated bioinformatics analyses. The GMO Panel assessed these data for possible new hazards, modified exposure or new scientific uncertainties identified during the authorisation period and not previously assessed in the context of the original application. Under the assumption that the DNA sequence of the event in maize T25 considered for renewal is identical to the sequence of the originally assessed event, the GMO Panel concludes that there is no evidence in renewal dossier GMFF-2024-22651 for new hazards, modified exposure or scientific uncertainties that would change the conclusions of the original risk assessment on maize T25.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9570 | DOI Listing |
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Fermentation and Microbial Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu-Tawi, 180001, India.
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School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, No. 100 Waihuanxi Road, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology and Geobiology, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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