Explanatory note on the selection of forage material suitable for the risk assessment of GM feed of plant origin

摘要

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identified the need to provide further clarification on theGuidance for the risk assessment of food and feed from genetically modified plants (EFSA GMO Panel,2011), specifically in the context of the risk assessment of GM feed of plant origin. Regulation (EU) No503/2013 requires amongst others, data from raw agricultural commodities entering the feedproduction and processing chain. Different parts of a plant, i.e. whole grain, bean or seed and forage,may enter the feed chain as unprocessed raw material. Whereas the grain, bean and seed are welldefined for each plant, the definition of forage varies on a crop-by-crop basis as the parts likely toenter the feed chain differ among crops. This explanatory note provides a crop-specific definition offorage for maize, soybean, sugarbeet, rapeseed and cotton, mitigating the lack of forage definition inthe regulatory context and supporting the appropriate selection of forage material, as required byRegulation (EU) No 503/2013.