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BCH-DEC-PH-103682-2   |   PDF   |   Print   |  
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published: 19 Jul 2012 last updated: 27 Feb 2025
Amendment
No
General Information
Determination of the Safety of Syngenta' s Com MIR162 (Insect Resistant Corn) for Direct use as Food, Feed, and for Processing
EN
11 Feb 2010
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) without conditions
Information sharing with other databases
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-100885-13 Living Modified Organism SYN-IR162-4 - Agrisure™ Viptera maize
    Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths))
  • BCH-RA-PH-103681-3 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process Determination of the Safety of Syngenta' s Com MIR162 (Insect Resistant Corn) for Direct use as Food, Feed, and for Processing
    SYN-IR162-4 - Agrisure™ Viptera maize | Resistance to diseases and pests
Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration
Additional Information
All relevant references submitted by the technology developer in their application; other references requested by the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) members and DA Regulatory Agencies during the evaluation of Corn MIR162.

Suggested methods for safe handling, storage, transport and use: Methods and Protocol for safety handling, storage, transport and use are all indicated in the implementing rules and regulations (IRRs), memo circulars supplementing Administrative Order No. 8 of the Department of Agriculture; also the general guidelines of the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP).
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