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Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process
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last updated: 20 Feb 2026
Application for the conduct of Confined Field Trials for assessment of Maize Event NK603 for tolerance to Glyphosate Formulation Roundup® Powermax SL 660
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21 Nov 2024
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Competent National Authority:National Biosafety Authority ()NACOSTI Building, Loresho, off Waiyaki WayNairobi, Nairobi
28251--00100, KenyaPhone: (+254) (20) (2678667),Fax:Email: info@biosafetykenya.go.ke,Website: https://www.biosafetykenya.go.ke/,
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Person:Mr Josphat MuchiriP.O. BOX 18288Nairobi, Nairobi
00100, KenyaPhone: +254 722665224,Fax:Website:
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MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 - Roundup Ready™ maize| Monsanto | Resistance to herbicides (Glyphosate)
The risk level from this confined field trial is low. NK603 maize was produced by particle acceleration technology using a linear DNA restriction fragment from a plasmid vector. The CP4 EPSPS proteins expressed in NK603 maize have previously been risk-assessed by several global regulatory agencies with conclusions that the aforementioned product is as safe as its non-genetically modified counterpart and therefore is unlikely to have any adverse effect on human or animal health or the environment.
- Vertical gene transfer: Possibility of out-crossing with wild relatives of maize and conventionally cultivated maize
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Possibility of inadvertent loss of experimental material
- Possibility of increased fitness or competitive advantage
- Adverse effects on human and animal health including the possibility of toxic, allergenic, or pathogenic effects
- Changes in compositional components of various nutrients
- Gene disintegration leading to inaction of the Bt trait; and negative interaction of the single events
- Adverse effect on other non-targeted organisms leading to loss of biodiversity
- Highly Unlikely
- Unlikely
- Unlikely
- Unlikely
- Highly Unlikely
- Unlikely
- Unlikely
- Highly Unlikely
- Minor
- Minor
- Minor
- Minor
- Minor
- Minor
- Minor
- Minor
- Low
- Low
- Low
- Low
- Low
- Low
- Low
- Negligible
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
- Acceptable
Not Applicable
This trial will be conducted at KALRO Kiboko and Kitale CFT sites representing highland and lowland climatic zones. Both of these sites have been used successfully to conduct other CFT studies, with no reported lapses.
Not Applicable
No
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