2026-08-11 — EFSA's GMO Panel found BASF's RF3 canola-quality Brassica juncea as safe and nutritionally equivalent as conventional varieties, clearing it for…
EFSA's GMO Panel concluded that BASF's RF3 canola-quality Brassica juncea is as safe and nutritionally equivalent as conventional comparators, with negligible environmental risk from accidental seed release. The crop carries the barstar fertility-restorer gene and the bar glufosinate-tolerance gene.
The application covers import and processing only, not cultivation in the EU.
EFSA's GMO Panel found BASF's RF3 canola-quality Brassica juncea as safe and nutritionally equivalent as conventional varieties, clearing it for import and processing in the EU.
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EFSA's GMO Panel concluded that BASF's RF3 canola-quality Brassica juncea is as safe and nutritionally equivalent as conventional comparators, with negligible environmental risk from accidental seed release. The crop carries the barstar fertility-restorer gene and the bar glufosinate-tolerance gene.
The application covers import and processing only, not cultivation in the EU.
Source: Seed World Europe