GMO-free seeds: New monitoring report and new testing requirements

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The testing requirements for seed with regard to new GM events have been adjusted. Maize parent lots used in seed production in 2025 and the seed lots produced from them must have been tested in accordance with the provisions listed on the website of the Federal Office for Food Safety. The new GMO monitoring report on the avoidance of GMO contamination in Austrian seed production has been published.

The screening elements listed below are accepted in the BAES seed certification procedure, whereby GM lines not covered by the screening must also be analyzed using event-specific methods:

  • Maize test parameter:
    Screening elements: 35S/NOS-duplex, AgroBorder II
    Event-specific methods: Maize-REN-00038-3(LY038), Maize-DAS-40278-9, Maize-VCO-01981-5
    For starting lots used in 2025 seed maize field production and subsequently produced seed lots (hybrids, inbred lines) of the 2025 harvest: Maize-MON-94804-4, Maize-DP-202216-6, Maize-DP-915635-4
  • Soybean test parameters:
    Screening elements: 35S/NOS-duplex, CTP2-CP4EPSPS gene sequence, pat gene sequence, AgroBorder II
    Event-specific methods: Soja-DP-305423-1, Soja-BPS-CV127-9
  • Test parameter rapeseed:
    Screening elements: 35S/NOS-duplex, CTP2-CP4EPSPS gene sequence, bar gene sequence, pat gene sequence,
    Event-specific method: rapeseed-DP-073496-4, rapeseed-LBFLFK-L1, rapeseed-LBFLFK-L2, rapeseed MON 94100-2

Further information on alternative screening strategies and the current "GMO monitoring and surveillance of seeds" report can be found here.

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