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last updated: 07 Jul 2025
Amendment
No
General Information
Determination for the Safety Assessment of Corn MON 95275 for Direct Use as Food, Feed, or for Processing
EN
27 Oct 2023
No
Subject of the decision, notification, communication or declaration
  • Decision on LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (Article 11, LMOs-FFP)
  • Decision on import of LMOs (Article 11.4)
LMOs for direct use as food or feed, or for processing (LMOs-FFP)
  • LMOs for direct use as food
  • LMOs for direct use as feed
  • LMOs for processing
No
Result of the decision
Approval of the import and/or use of the LMO(s) with conditions
1. The regulated article shall be imported solely and exclusively for direct use as food and feed, or for processing and not for field trial or commercial propagation;
2. The permit holder shall conduct awareness seminars or trainings for importers, and handlers of GM crops, every two years, regarding management or mitigation of the unintended release of the GM commodity shipment during loading, transport, and storage. For the conduct of such activity, a report shall be submitted to the BPI at the end of the second year;
3. The permit holder shall provide reference materials (positive and negative controls) of the transformation event for laboratory analysis to monitor compliance;
4. BPI Biotech personnel, Plant Quarantine Officer and/or his/her duly authorized representatives shall be allowed to access the facility where the regulated article is located, as well as the relevant documents on importation of the regulated article;
5. In case of accidental release of viable regulated materials of corn MON 95275, such as road spill during transport, Bayer CropScience, Inc. shall assist the importers in the management of GM commodities; and
6. In the event that new information becomes available indicating that the regulated article could pose greater risks to human health and the environment as compared to its conventional counterpart, the permit holder shall:
a.  Immediately notify the Director of the BPI through official communication; and
b. Immediately take measures necessary to protect human and animal health, and the environment.
EN
 A violation of any of these conditions shall lead to revocation of this permit as provided in the  DOST-DADENR-DOH-DILG Joint Department Circular No.1, Series of 2021 Article VII, Section 18J.
EN
Information sharing with other databases
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-263095-2 Living Modified Organism MON-95275-7 - Coleoptera-protected maize
    Bayer CropScience | Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Coleoptera (beetles), Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera), Northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi))
  • BCH-RA-PH-279669-1 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process Safety Assessment of Corn MON 95275 for Direct Use as Food, Feed, or for Processing
    MON-95275-7 - Coleoptera-protected maize | Resistance to diseases and pests
Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration