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BCH-DEC-PH-104692-2   |   PDF   |   Print   |  
published: 14 Feb 2013 last updated: 27 Feb 2025
Amendment
No
General Information
Determination of the Safety of Soybean MON87701 for Direct use as Food, Feed, and for Processing
EN
16 May 2012
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
The permittee shall take appropriate measures to protect human and animal health and the environment and prevent a recurrence should accidental, unintentional reproduction occurs. A Plant Quarantine Officer and his duly authorized representatives shall be allowed access during regular business hours to the facility where the regulated article is located and to any records relating to the importation of the regulated article. The permittee shall duly inform the public of this approval by way of publishing in any one (1) of the top three (3) leading newspapers in the country that imports of this product is covered by conditions for approval as provided in Department of Agriculture Memorandum Circular No. 8, Series of 2003.
EN
A violation of this condition shall lead to revocation of the permit as provided in DA Administrative Order No. 8, Series of 2002, as amended by DA Administrative Order No. 22, Series of 2007.
EN
Information sharing with other databases
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LMO identification & risk assessment
  • BCH-LMO-SCBD-103079-11 Living Modified Organism MON-877Ø1-2 - Insect resistant soybean
    Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths))
  • BCH-RA-PH-104691-3 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process Determination of the Safety of Soybean MON87701 for Direct use as Food, Feed, and for Processing
    MON-877Ø1-2 - Insect resistant soybean | Soybean, Soya bean, Soya / soja /соя, SOYBN, 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 Soybean MON 87701.

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).
EN