The Verification of the Performance of MON89034, 1507 and NK603: The Maize Event MON89034 x 1507 x NK603 Using Real-Time PCR

(EC) No 1829/2003, has carried out a verification study to assess the performance of three quantitative event specific methods on the maize event MON 89034 x 1507 x NK603 (unique identifier MON-89Ø34-3 x DASØ15Ø7- 1 x MON-ØØ6Ø3-6) which combines the MON 89034, 1507 and NK603 transformation events. The three methods have been validated individually on single-trait events, to detect and quantify each event in maize samples. This study was conducted according to internationally accepted guidelines (1, 2).In accordance to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed and to Regulation (EC) No 641/2004 of 6 April 2004 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences provided the detection methods and the control samples: genomic DNA from homogenised seeds of MON 89034 x 1507 x NK603 maize (60-B) and from homogenized seeds of conventional maize (10001262-V).