Setting an import tolerance for 2,4‐D in soyabeans
2, 4-D, genetically modified plant, soybeans, MRL application, consumer risk assessment
First published in the EFSA Journal:
12 Abril 2019
Adopted:
15 Marzo 2019
Type:
Guidance
Abstract
In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Dow AgroSciences submitted a request to the competent national authority in Greece to set an import tolerance for the active substance 2,4‐D in genetically modified (GM) soyabeans imported from Canada and the USA. The genetic modification confers tolerance to the herbicide 2,4‐D. The data submitted in support of the request provided sufficient evidence to conclude that residues of parent 2,4‐D and of the metabolite 2,4‐dichlorophenol (2,4‐DCP), which was found in the GM soybeans treated with 2,4‐D, are unlikely to present a risk for consumers. Sufficiently validated analytical methods are available to enforce the proposed maximum residue level (MRL) in soybeans.
© European Food Safety Authority, 2019
Contact:
pesticides.mrl [at] efsa.europa.eu
doi:
10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5660
EFSA Journal 2019;17(5):5660
Question Number:
On request from:
European Commission

Read it on the Wiley Online Library: