Assessment of the 2022 post-market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in the EU.

ABSTRACT: Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessed the 2022 post-market environmental monitoring (PMEM) report on the cultivation of Cry1Ab-expressing maize event MON 810. Overall, the 2022 PMEM report provides no evidence of adverse effects of maize MON 810 cultivation. It shows a high level of compliance with refuge requirements by Spanish and Portuguese farmers growing maize MON 810, but uncertainty remains on compliance in areas where the clustered surface of maize MON 810 farms exceeds 5 ha. There are no signs of practical resistance to Cry1Ab in the field in corn borer populations collected in north-eastern Spain in 2022, although a decrease in Cry1Ab susceptibility in Mediterranean corn borer populations from this area cannot be excl

SUBMITTER: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11340014 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature