A novel approach for the detection of genetically modified soybean crops

In close collaboration with JRC scientists, a network of German food safety authorities developed a novel method able to efficiently detect six different genetically modified soybean lines that were known, until now, to be difficult to monitor.

The number of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is constantly growing, increasing the labour and costs necessary to test for their presence in the food and feed supply chain. For this reason, GMO-control laboratories develop and apply screening strategies that detect elements common to many GMOs. However, some GMOs are known to be very different from the others, and are then often missed by these "general" screening approaches. This was the case for 6 GM soybean lines (MON 87701, MON 87708, MON 87769, DP-305423, CV-127 and DAS-68416).

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