NK603

Authorisation holder: Bayer Agriculture BVBA
Scheldelaan 460, 2040 Antwerp, Belgium
On behalf of Monsanto Company — 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard — St. Louis, Missouri 63167 — United States of America

Characteristics: Genetically modified maize line NK 603 expresses the CP4 EPSPS protein which confers tolerance to the glyphosate herbicides.

Detection method: Event specific real-time quantitative PCR based method for genetically modified NK 603 maize
Validated by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, in collaboration with the European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL), to be published at: URL: https://gmo-crl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/method-validations

Authorised use: (1) Foods and food ingredients containing, consisting of, or produced from MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;
(2) Feed containing, consisting or produced from MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize;
(3) Products other than food and feed containing or consisting of MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize for the same uses as any other maize with the exception of cultivation.

Labelling: (1) For the purposes of the specific labelling requirements laid down in Article 13(1) and Article 25(2) of Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, and in Article 4(6) of Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, the ’name of the organism’ shall be ’maize’;
(2) The words 'not for cultivation' shall appear on the label of and in documents accompanying products containing or consisting of MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize with the exception of products referred to in point (a) of Article 2.

Environmental monitoring plan: https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/genetically-modified-organisms/gmo-register_en

Information needed under Cartagena Protocol (Annex II): https://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=108068

Last updated: 01 April 2025 The date the item authorisation was last modified.

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