Setting an import tolerance for 2,4‐D in soyabeans

• Main Authors: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Maria Anastassiadou, Alba Brancato, Luis Carrasco Cabrera, Lucien Ferreira, Luna Greco, Samira Jarrah, Aija Kazocina, Renata Leuschner, Jose Oriol Magrans, Ileana Miron, Ragnor Pedersen, Marianna Raczyk, Hermine Reich, Silvia Ruocco, Angela Sacchi, Miguel Santos, Alois Stanek, Jose Tarazona, Anne Theobald, Alessia Verani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
• Series: EFSA Journal
• Subjects: 2; 4‐D; genetically modified plant; soybeans; MRL application; consumer risk assessment
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5660
• ISSN: 1831-4732

Abstract In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Dow AgroSciences submitted a request to the competent national authority in Greece to set an import tolerance for the active substance 2,4‐D in genetically modified (GM) soyabeans imported from Canada and the USA. The genetic modification confers tolerance to the herbicide 2,4‐D. The data submitted in support of the request provided sufficient evidence to conclude that residues of parent 2,4‐D and of the metabolite 2,4‐dichlorophenol (2,4‐DCP), which was found in the GM soybeans treated with 2,4‐D, are unlikely to present a risk for consumers. Sufficiently validated analytical methods are available to enforce the proposed maximum residue level (MRL) in soybeans.