Agriculture & Food

#32026D1185EU authorises genetically modified soybean MON 94637 for food, feed and other uses

🇪🇺European Union··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The decision allows products containing, consisting of or made from genetically modified soybean MON 94637 to be placed on the EU market for food, food ingredients, animal feed and other non-cultivation uses. Food and feed businesses, importers and supply-chain operators can use or sell these products if they meet EU GMO approval, labelling and monitoring rules. The approval does not allow the soybean to be grown in the EU.

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Key Changes

  • Authorises genetically modified soybean MON 94637 for EU food and feed market use.
  • Covers products containing, consisting of or produced from MON 94637 soybean.
  • Excludes cultivation of the soybean in the EU.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Do not cultivate genetically modified soybean MON-94637-8 in the European Union; the authorisation covers food, feed and other uses only, excluding cultivation.

Food and feed businesses, importers, supply-chain operators and any operators handling MON-94637-8 soybean products
prohibition
high

Place on the EU market only foods, food ingredients, feed, or other non-cultivation products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean MON-94637-8 that fall within the authorisation and its conditions.

Food and feed businesses, importers and supply-chain operators
licensing
medium

For GMO labelling purposes, identify the organism as “soybean” on products containing, consisting of, or produced from genetically modified soybean MON-94637-8.

Operators responsible for labelling MON-94637-8 soybean products
disclosure
high

Include the words “not for cultivation” on the label and accompanying documents of products containing or consisting of genetically modified soybean MON-94637-8, except for foods and food ingredients.

Operators responsible for labelling and documentation of MON-94637-8 soybean products
disclosure
medium

Use the detection method specified in the Annex for detecting genetically modified soybean MON-94637-8.

Testing laboratories, competent authorities and operators performing GMO detection
operational

Affected Parties

Food and feed businessesSoybean importers and distributors+2 more…

Tags

GMO,soybean,food and feed…