Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. aizawai strain GC-91.

ABSTRACT: The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State The Netherlands and co-rapporteur Member State Germany for the pesticide active substance Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. aizawai strain GC-91 and the considerations as regards the inclusion of the substance in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 are reported. The context of the peer review was that required by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/1659. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. aizawai strain GC-91 as an insecticide on pome fruits (apple, pear

SUBMITTER: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642828 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature