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Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process
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last updated: 25 Dec 2022
Summary risk assessment report on the Application for Environmental Release of Virus Resistant Cassava Event 4046 And Its Varietal Derivatives in Kenya
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01 Jun 2021
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Competent National Authority:National Biosafety Authority ()NACOSTI Building, Loresho, off Waiyaki WayNairobi, Nairobi
28251--00100,Phone: (+254) (20) (2678667),Fax:Email: info@biosafetykenya.go.ke,Website: https://www.biosafetykenya.go.ke/,
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DPS-Ø4Ø46–8 - Cassava brown streak disease-resistant cassava| Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa(VIRCA), Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | Resistance to antibiotics (Kanamycin, Neomycin), Resistance to diseases and pests, Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
Overall, cassava varieties containing event 4046 are unlikely to pose any altered risk to the environment compared to conventional cassava varieties. Food and feed derived from event 4046 cassava are as safe as those derived from conventional cassava varieties.
(i) Potential toxicity and allergenicity
(ii) Changes in compositional nutrients
(iii) Alterations in anti-nutrients
(iv) Possibility of gene flow, weediness, invasiveness
(v) Stability of the trait
(vi) Loss of biodiversity
(ii) Changes in compositional nutrients
(iii) Alterations in anti-nutrients
(iv) Possibility of gene flow, weediness, invasiveness
(v) Stability of the trait
(vi) Loss of biodiversity
Unlikely
Minor
Low
Acceptable and manageable. Manageable risks to be monitored during the National Performance Trials and during the commercialization period.
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Approved National Performance Trial (NPT) Sites
The applicant to avail primers specific to Cassava Event 4046 for event detection.
Identification to be done through proper labelling of all NPT sites
Identification to be done through proper labelling of all NPT sites
No
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| Record type | Field | Record(s) | |
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| Country's Decision or any other Communication | Risk assessment | 1 | |
