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Scientific Committees
Scientific Committee on Plants
Outcome of discussions
Genetically Modified
Organisms
Opinion of the
Scientific Committee on Plants on the submission for
placing on the market of genetically modified insect
resistant and glufosinate ammonium tolerant (Bt-11) maize
for cultivation. Notified by Novartis Seeds SA Company
(notification C/F/96/05-10) (opinion adopted by the
Scientific Committee on Plants on 30 November 2000)
1. TITLE
OPINION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON
PLANTS ON THE SUBMISSION FOR PLACING ON THE MARKET OF
GENETICALLY MODIFIED INSECT RESISTANT AND GLUFOSINATE
AMMONIUM TOLERANT (BT-11) MAIZE FOR CULTIVATION. NOTIFIED
BY NOVARTIS SEEDS SA COMPANY (NOTIFICATION
C/F/96/05-10)
(Opinion adopted by the Scientific
Committee on Plants on 30 November 2000)
Application for consent to place on the
market and for cultivation, genetically-modified maize with
Btk resistance to Lepidoptera and herbicide tolerance to
glufosinate ammonium (
Bt-11).
2. TERMS OF REFERENCE
The Scientific Committee on Plants is
asked to consider if the cultivation of this line of
genetically modified maize within the European Community,
and every variety derived by sexual reproduction with this
line, is likely to cause any adverse effects on human
health and the environment.
3. BACKGROUND
Directive 90/220/EEC
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requires an assessment to be carried out
before a product containing or consisting of genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) can be placed on the market. The
aim of the assessment is to evaluate any risks to human
health and the environment connected with the release of the
GMOs.
Following the entry into force of the
Regulation on Novel Foods and Novel Food Ingredients (EC No.
258/97) on 15 May 1997
2
,
in order for this maize seed and its
derived products to be placed on the market for food
purposes, the requirements of the Regulation will have to be
satisfied. Such a regulation does not exist for novel feeds
and novel feed ingredients.
The SCP published its opinion on this
product on 10 February 1998 (under notification
C/GB/96/M4/1) for the purpose of grain import and use only.
The Commission published a favourable decision on the
product on May 5
th 1998
3
.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the USDA published positive conclusions in
the Federal Register
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by declaring that Bt-11 and any progeny
derived from hybrid crosses with other non-transformed corn
varieties will be just as safe to grow as traditionally bred
corn lines that are not regulated under 7CFR part
340.
4. OPINION
Question
The Scientific Committee on Plants is asked to
consider if the cultivation of this line of genetically
modified maize within the European Community, and every
variety derived by sexual reproduction with this line, is
likely to cause any adverse effects on human health and
the environment.
Opinion of the Committee
The Committee is of the opinion that there is no
evidence to indicate that the placing on the market for
cultivation purposes of maize line
Bt-11 and varieties derived from this line by
conventional crossing with maize lines other than
genetically modified ones, is likely to cause adverse
effects on human health and the environment.
Scientific background on which the opinion is
based:
4.1 Proposed uses
The application is for the cultivation
and marketing of genetically modified maize seed for all
types of use (processing, food and feed production) like
any other variety of conventional maize. Also covered are
progenies developed by sexual reproduction with maize
derived from the
Bt-11 transformation event. With respect to
Bt-11 maize and derived lines used as animal feed,
both the whole crop (ensiled and fresh) and grains may be
fed to livestock. Silage is made from fine - chopped whole
plants, which are fermented anaerobically. Industrial
products of maize processing, such as gluten feed, gluten
meal, germ meal, and steep liquor, are also used as animal
feed. Target species include cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep
and goats, fish and companion animals.
4.2 Description of the product
The pollen of maize plants (
Zea mays L.) derived from transformation event
Bt-11 was used to pollinate the female flowers of an
inbred corn line. Descendants of the initial crossings have
been successively back-crossed to evaluate different maize
lines carrying the
Bt-11 event. Hybrid lines were produced. Maize grain
which is the subject of this application for consent are
produced from these hybrid lines and are therefore
descended from the initial
Bt-11 transformation event.
4.3. Molecular/Genetic Aspects
4.3.1.
Transformation technique
The genetic construct was introduced
into protoplasts without a DNA carrier. Plants were then
regenerated.
4.3.2.
Vector Construct
The
Bt-11 transformation event has been obtained using
plasmid pZO1502 containing the following components
- a truncated synthetic
cry 1A(b) gene encoding
Btk endotoxin. It also contains a synthetic pat gene
(to allow transformant selection on glufosinate ammonium).
35S CaMV
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is the promoter, nos 3'termination
sequences are included and introns IVS 2 or IVS 6 are
incorporated to enhance expression.
- the plasmid pZO1502 contains the
ampR gene used as selectable marker when the plasmid
was generated in
E. coli.
- DNA from the well characterised
plasmid pUC18 including portions of the
lac Z and
lac i genes and a segment of 1079 bp containing the
bacterial origin of replication,
ori.
- Small pieces of DNA containing useful
restriction endonuclease sites, inserted and used to
combine the various components above.
4.3.3.
Transgenic construct in the genetically modified
organism
The plasmid vector pZO1502 DNA was
treated with the restriction endonuclease
NotI in order to remove the
ampR gene from the larger DNA fragment which
contained the
Btk gene fusion and
pat gene fusion. This mixture of DNA fragments was
then used to transform maize tissue.
The larger fragment contains the
following:
1) the
pat gene fusion (35S promoter - IVS 2 intron - PAT
protein coding region -
nos ' termination sequence), which allows production
in plants of the PAT enzyme for resistance to the
herbicide, glufosinate.
2) the
Btk gene fusion (35S promoter - IVS 6 intron -
Btk HD-1 protein coding region -
nos 3' termination sequence), which allows
production in plants of the
Btk protein to protect the plant from damage by
larvae of European Corn Borer.
3) DNA, totalling about 1,400 bp, and
including a bacterial origin (
ori) of replication, from the well characterised
plasmid, pUC18.
4) small pieces of synthetic DNA,
totalling about 120 bp and containing useful restriction
endonuclease sites; inserted and used to combine the
various components above.
The smaller fragment from the
Not1 digestion of pZO1502 contains the
ampR gene. Southern blot and PCR
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analyses have shown that lines derived
from the initial
Bt-11 event do not carry the
ampR gene. Thus, an antibiotic resistance gene is not
present in the
Bt-11 event, nor in the maize grain or grain products
produced from them. The
Btk gene fusion and pat gene fusion are stably
integrated as a single copy at a single locus in the long arm
of chromosome 8.
4.4. Safety aspects
4.4.1.
Potential for gene transfers
Antibiotic (ampicillin) resistance gene -
ampR gene was used in the construction of the
vector. Before the final transformation event it was,
however, removed from the plasmid by cutting with a
restriction endonuclease. Consequently, the resulting
GM-plant does not contain the
ampR gene.
pat gene - The gene is under the control of a plant
promoter which is not functional in bacteria. Consequently,
in the unlikely event of transformation, its expression
would not occur. Even if, due to genetic recombination, the
gene would be expressed in intestinal micro-organisms or in
human or animal cells, the probability of which is remote,
no negative effects are expected because the only known
substrate of phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (PAT) is
the herbicide glufosinate ammonium.
4.4.2.
Safety of the gene product/metabolites (food and
feed)
Grain produced from
Bt-11 maize hybrids contains Btk protein within the
range of 4 to 5
m
g/g fresh weight. The levels are
approximately eight fold higher in leaves. PAT protein is
present at around 50 ng/g fresh weight in leaves but is below
detection levels in kernels. The analysis of Btk protein has
been repeated on pollen and indicates lower levels than
previously reported in the frame of the notification: 90 ng/g
versus 125 ng/g
The notifier provided information on
several toxicity studies performed in mammals and birds.
Reference is made to three mice studies, in which mice were
fed CRY1A(b) protein, or its truncated form, at up to 4000
mg / kg bodyweight without toxic effects. The notifier also
cited evidence (Noteborn
et al. 1994, ACS Symposium series 605: 134-147) from
studies in which bacterial recombinant CRY1A(b) protein was
fed to mice, rats, and rabbits without adverse
effects.
Results of a bird feeding study are
presented, in which bobwhite quail was fed CRY1A(b)
enriched maize leaf protein. Quails (10 birds / group)
received a single oral dose of 2000 mg maize leaf protein /
kg bodyweight containing 700 g/g CRY1A(b), corresponding
to 1.4 mg CRY1A(b) / kg bodyweight. No effects were
observed on mortality, feed consumption, body weight, and
gross necropsy after 14 days following the single
dosage.
Laying hens were also fed a diet for 14
days incorporating 64% corn meal from a
Bt-11 maize. The diet with transgenic corn contained
240 - 263 ng/g CRY1A(b) and 59 - 74 ng/g PAT. The control
diet was slightly contaminated with transgenic kernels,
accounting for 18 ng/g CRY1A(b). No significant differences
were observed for feed intake, bodyweight, egg production,
and egg weight. Egg whites and -yolks and tissue samples
(breast, thigh, liver) have been analysed for CRY1A(b) and
PAT at the end of the experimental period. Neither protein
was found in these tissues above the detection limits of 6
ng/g for CRY1A(b) and 30 ng/g for PAT.
Four separate studies were made with
cattle. The first, a short-term experiment with dairy
cattle was designed to study any carry over of the CRY1A(b)
and pat proteins into milk. Neither proteins could be
detected in the milk of any animals fed whole-crop
Bt-11 maize. The second longer-term trial with dairy
cattle compared performance of animals fed
Bt-11 maize or its conventional counterpart. There
was no effect of the Bt trait on dry matter intake, milk
production, milk composition or a number of rumen
parameters relating to feed utilisation.
Beef steers allowed to graze residues of
Bt and non-Bt maize showed no preference and when
restricted to Bt or to non-Bt maize, no difference in daily
weight gain was observed. However, this data is of limited
value since the experimental design did not allow for
differences in intake. A second trial involved 128 steer
calves fed one of four silage-based diets using late and
early maturing hybrids of Bt-maize and non-Bt maize.
Although differences due to variety were apparent, again no
production difference attributed to the Bt trait was
evident.
The weight of evidence provided by the
company and available elsewhere leads the Committee to
conclude that there is no significant risk to humans or
livestock following ingestion of the introduced gene
products. PAT and CRY1A(b) proteins are labile in
in vitro assays with gastric juice of farm animals.
Widespread use of natural Btk insecticides has not produced
evidence of allergenic responses. Similarly no allergenic
effect is predicted by comparing the new proteins (CRY1A(b)
and PAT) with the structure of known allergenic proteins.
However, the Committee is of the opinion that the often
applied
in vitro methodology to study the degradability of
the Btk toxin (and phosphinotricin acetyl transferase) can
be improved. In particular the use of the isolated protein
in toxicity studies does not adequately model degradation
of the same protein when fed as an integral component of
the diet.
Residue assessment:
The principal residue identified in
transgenic maize plants after post-emergence use of
glufosinate ammonium was N-acetyl-glufosinate with lesser
quantities of glufosinate and
3-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphinoyl]propionic acid (MPP) which is
also found in non-transgenic plants. In maize grain, which
exhibits much lower residues than the other plant parts,
the principal residue identified was MPP with lesser
amounts of N-acetyl-glufosinate. About 80 field trials are
known to have been conducted with difference application
rates in Europe and in the harvested grain the residue of
each metabolite was below 0.05 mg/kg. In green maize,
forage and fodder, higher residue can occur.
The glufosinate-derived residues do not
concentrate in any maize processed fraction, which are
relevant food or feed items. These include flour, starch,
grits and oil. Residues are not detectable in crude and
refined oil.
In ruminant and poultry feeding studies
no detectable residues were found in meat, milk or eggs at
the dose calculated to represent the highest residues in
livestock feed under Good Agricultural Practices and taking
into account the potential use of glufosinate herbicide in
several tolerant crops.
It can be concluded, on the basis of the
available data, that residues of glufosinate ammonium and
its metabolites, N-acetyl-glufosinate and
3-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphinoyl]propionic acid (MPP)
expressed as glufosinate free acid equivalents, will be
below 0.1 mg/kg maize grain. In food of animal origin from
livestock animal fed with feedstuffs after application of
glufosinate herbicide in tolerant maize no residues above
the limit of determination are to be expected.
There is no toxicological concern taking
into account the ADI
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of 0-0.02 mg/kg bw
8
for glufosinate-ammonium and
N-acetyl-glufosinate and
3-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphinoyl]propionic acid, alone or in
combination recommended by the WHO 1999
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.
4.4.3.
Substantial equivalence
Maize kernels from glasshouse plants
grown in European have been analysed for their composition.
Moisture, nitrogen, ash, starch, cellulose, xanthophyll,
and fatty acid- and amino acid compositions were
determined. Kernels from four transgenic
Bt-11 maize hybrid lines and their non-transgenic
counterparts grown in six US field locations in 1995 were
analysed for protein, oil, starch, and fibre content. In
addition, the fatty acid- and amino acid composition of
kernels from two of these transgenic hybrid lines and their
controls have been determined
. Another two transgenic hybrid lines and controls
from three US locations (1995) were analysed for copper,
magnesium, manganese, zinc, folic acid, niacin, and
vitamins B
1 and B
2.
No significant differences for proximate
compositions between transgenic plants and controls were
found, except for the lower protein content of two
transgenic hybrids grown in the northern US. According to
the applicant, this difference is related to the
back-crossing for producing the hybrids. In addition, minor
differences are noted for palmitic and stearic acids,
cystine and arginine contents.
Data have been supplied on three
transgenic hybrid lines and their non-transgenic
counterparts, which were grown at two locations in France
in 1998. Their kernels have been analysed for proximate
composition (carbohydrate, protein, fat, and fibre), fatty
acid- and amino acid composition, and anti-nutritional
factors (trypsin inhibitor and phytic acid). No significant
differences were observed between transgenic and
non-transgenic plants.
In a 1998 study in the US maize lines
derived from the original
Bt-11 transformation event were analysed for
nitrogen, carbohydrate, and lignin in experimental silage.
Analysis indicated substantial equivalence of the GM lines
with the non-GM controls with respect to silage
composition. The silage was used in beef and dairy feeding
trials.
4.5 Environmental aspects
4.5.1.
Potential for gene transfer/gene escape.
The risk of genetic escape from modified
crop plants will be limited by poor dispersal and the
absence of sexually-compatible plants either of the same or
different species.
Zea mays is not an invasive crop but is a weak
competitor with limited powers of seed dispersal. Since
pollen production and viability are unchanged by genetic
modification in this wind-pollinated crop, dispersal and
outcropping frequency should be no different from other
maize varieties. There are no plant species closely-related
to maize in the wild in Europe and therefore the risk of
genetic transfer to other species appears remote.
4.5.2
. Treatment of volunteers
The risk of volunteer maize plants
surviving is considered to be remote. In growing areas that
are free from winter frost, which will kill any residual
plants, any volunteers may be controlled by agronomic
practices including cultivation and the use of a herbicide
other than glufosinate.
4.5.3
Safety for non-target organisms
The target pest is the European corn
borer
Ostrinia nubilalis, a pyralid moth, which feeds and
develops within the maize stem. The
cryla(b) crystal proteins are specifically toxic to
Lepidopteran larvae on ingestion and appear
non-toxic to other species of insects when consumed
directly. Feeding studies conducted under laboratory
conditions have produced variable results on the
development of some predatory insect species (tritrophic
studies) which have fed on prey that have fed on
Btk material. Some have had no effect (Lozzia
et al. 1998) while others have suggested an impact
(Hillbeck 1998a, 1998b). The difficulty of achieving
adequate nutritional status of the prey in laboratory
studies questions the relevance to the real field
situation. There are few published monitoring studies to
date but Lozzia (1999) found no detectable differences in
entomofauna between Italian fields of GM maize and adjacent
fields of isogenic conventional maize.
The Btk-endotoxin is (and has been for
some 20 years) applied widely as an agricultural pesticide
against
Lepidopteran larvae, often on a broad scale e.g. on
maize and in forestry, in many EU member states, without
detected changes in field populations of non-target
insects. The CRY1A(b) protein in modified plants is
identical to the same protein in microbial formulations
used safely as crop-protection sprays. Direct feeding
studies with pollen from GM maize have shown no effects on
honeybee development, lady beetles, insidious flowerbug and
green lacewing. The significance of recent preliminary
feeding studies with monarch butterfly larvae and GM pollen
was reviewed by the SCP in its opinion of 24 September
1999
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, which concluded that the results were
not relevant to the field situation.
The SCP advises that insect populations
in representative GM and similar non-GM maize crops should
be monitored to provide reassurance that there are no
effects on predators and parasitoids at an extended field
scale. The SCP wishes to see the results.
Under the same growing conditions
compositional data for grain and forage show that modified
and unmodified plants are equivalent and no risk is
identified to non-target herbivores including vertebrates.
Direct feeding studies have shown no toxicity to birds
(bobwhite quail and hens). Risks to soil organisms and soil
function through degradation of modified plant material and
contamination of ground water are considered to be
extremely low. Laboratory feeding studies have not shown
toxicity to earthworms and at field concentrations to
Collembola.
4.5.4
Resistance and tolerance issues
The development of resistance in
injurious target pests will be delayed by the rigorous
adoption of a comprehensive resistance management strategy.
To be effective this should require the active involvement
of the notifying company to monitor for control failure, to
provide technical support and to educate growers to
implement the strategy.
The speed with which resistance to Btk
toxin will develop in the target pest will depend on the
rigour and efficiency of any insect resistance management
strategy. Such a programme designed to delay resistance
development requires adequate:
1) Knowledge of pest biology and
ecology,
2) Gene deployment strategy
(full-season, constitutive, optimal dose Btk expression to
control insects heterozygous for resistance
alleles),
3) Refuges to support the development of
Btk toxin-susceptible insects,
4) Monitoring and reporting of incidents
of pesticide resistance development,
5) Employment of integrated pest
management practices that encourage ecosystem diversity and
provide multiple tactics for insect control,
6) Communication and education
plan,
7) Development and deployment of
products with alternative modes of action.
Although it is not possible to determine
optimal dose until resistant insects exist in the field, high
protein levels appear present in all important plant tissues
early in the season and should provide season-long control.
The success of the resistance management strategy will depend
on the ability of any monitoring programme to detect
resistance as soon as possible and the extent and quality of
advice given to farmers. The SCP published an opinion on 4
March 1999 on resistance monitoring
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as developed by the Expert Group on Monitoring for
Insect Resistance to Bt-toxins. Such monitoring should be
carried out in Bt-maize and should provide an adequate
framework to delay the onset of resistance in the target
pest.
The SCP should be kept informed annually of the results of
the proposed surveillance of resistance in the European corn
borer in Member States. Separately the SCP welcomes the
initiative to monitor all lines of Btk maize to be placed on
the market for the development of insect resistance and
wishes to be kept informed of progress.
In the absence of wild related plant species for potential
genetic interchange, herbicide tolerance will not be a
problem. The SCP understands that the notifier is currently
not intending to market
Bt-11 hybrids as herbicide-tolerant hybrids.
4.6 Conclusion (overall assessment)
The Commission requested the Scientific Committee on
Plants to consider whether the placing on the market for
cultivation purposes of genetically modified maize with Btk
resistance to Lepidoptera and herbicide tolerance to
glufosinate ammonium (
Bt-11) and every variety derived by sexual
reproduction with line
Bt-11, is likely to cause any adverse effect on human
health and the environment.
The Committee is of the opinion that there is no evidence
to indicate that the placing on the market for cultivation
purposes of maize line
Bt-11 and varieties derived from this line by
conventional crosses between
Bt-11 line and maize lines other than genetically
modified ones, is likely to cause adverse effects on human
health and the environment.
The notifier has submitted a package of relevant
information on grain and silage nutritional value and has
carried out relevant feeding trials with target animals. Data
from these studies provide no indication of risk associated
with the cultivation of these GM maize lines.
The SCP should be kept informed of the results of
monitoring and research studies in Member States with
particular regard to the development of insect
resistance.
5. REFERENCES
1. Noteborn et
al. 1994, ACS Symposium series 605: 134-147.
2. FAO Plant production and protection paper 153, 1999 -
IPCS, WHO/PCS/00.2.
3. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Plants on the
Invocation by Austria of Article 16 ('safeguard' clause) of
Council Directive 90/220/EEC with respect to the placing on
the market of the Monsanto genetically modified maize
(MON810) expressing the Bt-cryia(b) gene, notification
C/F/95/12-02 (Opinion expressed by the Scientific Committee
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4. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on
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March 1999)
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5. Lozzia, G.C., Furlanis, C.,
Manachini, B. and Rigamonti, I.E. (1998). Effects of Bt
corn on
Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Rhynchota Aphididae) and its
predator
Chryoperla carnea Stephen (Neuroptera Chrysopidae).
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insects. Bull. Zool. Agr. Bachic. Ser.II, 31 (1): 37 -
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Bacillus thuringiensis corn-fed prey on mortality
and development time of immature
Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)", - in
Entomological Society of America, p. 480 April 1998.
6. DOCUMENTATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE
1. A dossier comprising:
-
A statement from the French competent
authorities;
-
A report of evaluation prepared by the
French competent authorities;
-
The complete dossier supporting the
application of Novartis Seeds concerning the placing on
the market of genetically modified maize (line Bt-11) for
cultivation in the EU.
2. "Potential activity of Bt-maize
against Monarch butterflies and other Lepitopterians in the
EU: an assessment by Novartis Seeds (second part)"
submitted by Novartis Seeds (Doc. SCP/GMO/169).
3. Response to questions
(SCP/GMO/242-Rev1) to Novartis Seeds (Doc.
SCP/GMO/249).
4. "Additional analyses on the
composition of Bt-11 maize hybrids (freshly cut whole
plants)" submitted by Novartis Seeds (Doc.
SCP/GMO/254).
5. "Evaluation of transgenic event
176-Derived and Bt-11-derived "Bt" corn (maize) in the diet
of lactating dairy cows", Final report, M.A. Faust, Iowa
State University - submitted by Novartis Seeds (Doc.
SCP/GMO/270 - study included also in the dossier referred
to in reference 1).
6. Excerpt from Selected Proceedings
from the Agricultural Biotechnology in the Global
Marketplace Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2000 (Doc.
SCP/GMO/279).
7. Preliminary report: research report to Novartis
Seeds: Utilisation of Bt-corn residues in grazing beef
steers and Bt-corn silage for growing beef cattle and
lactating cows, Todd Milton and Rick Grant. (Doc.
SCP/GMO/284) submitted by Novartis Seeds, 13 October
2000.
8. Preliminary Appendix 1 to the report
"Utilization of Bt-Corn Residues in Grazing Beef Steers and
Bt-Corn Silage for Growing Beef Cattle and Lactating Dairy
Cows", Report no. NSB-012-00. (Doc. SCP/GMO/285) submitted
by Novartis Seeds, 13 October 2000.
9. Preliminary report: Absence of transgenes and
transgene products in tissues of animals fed diets
containing transgenic plants or grain, L. Artim-Moore, M.
Mullins, M. Faust, D. Vlachos, L. Privalle. (Doc.
SCP/GMO/286) submitted by Novartis Seeds, 13 October
2000.
7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Committee wishes to acknowledge the
contributions of the working group that prepared the
initial draft opinion:
GMO WG: F. O'Gara (Chair) and Committee Members: H.
Davies, M-P. Delcour-Firquet, R. Hans, A. Hardy, S.
Kärenlampi, H. Kuiper, H. Koepp, A. Silva Fernandes, G.
Speijers, and invited experts: L.-A. Aumaitre, A. Chesson,
B. Moseley, M. Vighi and A. von Wright.
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OJ N° L117 of 08.05.1990 p. 15.
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OJ N° L43 of 14.02.1997 p. 1.
3
Decision 98/292/EC of 22 April 1998 - OJ
L131/28.
4
Vol. 61 N° 19 on 29 January 1996 (pp
2789-2790).
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Cauliflower Mosaic Virus.
6
Polymerase chain reaction.
7
Acceptable daily intake.
8
Body weight.
9
See ref. 2.
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