Assessment of the Safety the Genetically Modified Maize MON 89034 X 1507 X MIR162 X NK603 X DAS-40278-9 for Food and Feed Uses Under Assimilated Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 (RP2152)

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) received an application from Corteva Agriscience LLC (“the applicant”) under assimilated Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 for maize MON 89034 x 1507 x MIR162 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 (referred to hereafter as ‘five-event stack maize’). The FSA and FSS reviewed the submitted evidence, including the 2022 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion, to assess the safety of five-event stack maize in terms of the UK. The five-event stack maize is modified by crossing to combine five single events: MON 89034, 1507, MIR162, NK603 and DAS-40278-9. EFSA previously assessed the five single maize events and 16 of the sub combinations whilst the UK was a Member State of the EU, and did not identify safety concerns. This combination is intended to confer herbicide tolerance and insect-resistance to maize ( Zea mays L .). The scope of the application is for the authorisation for import, processing, and food and feed use of the five-event stack maize. The application does not cover cultivation and no maize MON 89034 x 1507 x MIR162 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 will be grown in the UK. The FSA and FSS agreed with the EFSA Scientific Opinion confirming that the five-event stack maize, as described in this application, is unlikely to have any adverse effect on human or animal health, or on the environment, in the context of its intended uses in GB. This safety assessment represents the opinion of the FSA and FSS.