title: Plants with stacked genetically modified events: to assess or not to assess?
abstract: The principles for the safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) organisms (GMOs) are harmonised worldwide to a large extent. There are, however, still differences between the European GMO regulations and the GMO regulations as they have been formulated in other parts of the world. One of these differences relates to the so-called 'stacked GM events', that is, GMOs, plants so far, where new traits are combined by conventional crossing of different GM plants. This paper advocates rethinking the current food/feed safety assessment of stacked GM events in Europe based on an analysis of different aspects that currently form the rationale for the safety assessment of stacked GM events.
authors.affiliation: RIKILT Wageningen UR, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: esther.kok@wur.nl.
authors.forename: Esther J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.affiliation: National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Mørkhøj Bygade 19, 2860 Søborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 - Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Onori
authors.affiliation: Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute National Research Institute, Radzikow 05-870 Blonie, Poland.
authors.forename: Slawomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.affiliation: Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schauzu
authors.affiliation: Scientific Institute of Public Health, J. Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Adinda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Schrijver
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Sciences, Latokartanonkaari 7, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Teemu H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Teeri
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods*; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified / Q000592:standards*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified
keywords: genetically modified organism; safety assessment; stacked GM event