据欧盟网站消息,7月6日欧盟委员会发布 (EU) 2017/1209、(EU) 2017/1212实施决定,批准两种转基因玉米用于食品和饲料。
两种转基因玉米分别为陶氏益农欧洲公司 Dow AgroSciences Europe的转基因玉米DAS-40278-9、先正达公司转基因玉米Bt11×59122×MIR604×1507×GA21。
该实施决定适用期限为10年。
部分原文报道如下:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European unio,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (1), and in particular Articles 7(3), 9(2), 19(3) and 21(2) thereof,wheras:
(1)On 1 July 2011, Syngenta submitted an application for the placing on the market of foods, food ingredients, and feed containing, consisting of, or produced from Bt11 × 59122 × MIR604 × 1507 × GA21 maize (‘the application’) to the national competent authority of Germany in accordance with Articles 5 and 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. The application also covered the placing on the market of genetically modified maize Bt11 × 59122 × MIR604 × 1507 × GA21 in products consisting of it or containing it for other uses than food and feed as any other maize, with the exception of cultivation.