Table of contents Supporting document The which informed the assessment of this Application is available on the FSANZ website: SD1 Safety Assessment Report Executive summary Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) received an Application from Monsanto Australia Limited on 14 September 2017 requesting a variation to Schedule 26 in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to include food derived from a new genetically modified (GM) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) line, MON88702. This cotton line has been genetically modified for protection from piercing and sucking insect pests. The primary objective of FSANZ in developing or varying a food regulatory measure, as stated in section 18 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act), is the protection of public health and safety. Accordingly, the safety assessment is a central part of considering an application. The safety assessment of MON88702 is provided in Supporting Document 1. No potential public health and safety concerns have been identified in the course of the safety assessment. Based on the data provided and other available information, food derived from cotton line MON88702 is considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional cotton cultivars. The FSANZ Board has approved the draft variation to Schedule 26 that inserts a reference into that Schedule to food derived from cotton line MON88702. The effect of the variation is to permit the use or sale of food derived from that cotton line in accordance with Standard 1.5.2.
Table of contents Supporting document The which informed the assessment of this Application is available on the FSANZ website: SD1 Safety Assessment Report Executive summary Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) received an Application from Monsanto Australia Limited on 14 September 2017 requesting a variation to Schedule 26 in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to include food derived from a new genetically modified (GM) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) line, MON88702. This cotton line has been genetically modified for protection from piercing and sucking insect pests. The primary objective of FSANZ in developing or varying a food regulatory measure, as stated in section 18 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act), is the protection of public health and safety. Accordingly, the safety assessment is a central part of considering an application. The safety assessment of MON88702 is provided in Supporting Document 1. No potential public health and safety concerns have been identified in the course of the safety assessment. Based on the data provided and other available information, food derived from cotton line MON88702 is considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional cotton cultivars. The FSANZ Board has approved the draft variation to Schedule 26 that inserts a reference into that Schedule to food derived from cotton line MON88702. The effect of the variation is to permit the use or sale of food derived from that cotton line in accordance with Standard 1.5.2.
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