FDA approves first genetically modified animal
Nov 22, 2015 6:03:44 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Nov 22, 2015 6:03:44 GMT -6
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I wonder if anyone at the FDA eats this GMO Salmon? They just never give up here screwing with our food supply in the rest of the article consumer and environmental groups are trying to get congress to roll back approval. If not law suits are to follow.
So is anyone ready Salmon on a cedar plank? For me the question is how do you find out if it's a GMO animal? Packaging? Will you waitress know or admit its GMO fish? The craziness continues. FDA SOURCE For Labeling Law As a hint it's non existent.
"After five years long of pondering, the FDA finally gave the green light for a genetically modified Atlantic salmon variety. This is the first food animal that was genetically modified that the FDA approved for human consumption and farming. The salmon has genes from another salmon species, as well as an eel-like fish, which allows it to grow to market size in half the time it would usually take. This means it saves twice as much time and resources as conventional salmon, with no nutritional or health drawbacks, the FDA says."
"The salmon was engineered by Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies. Initially it was developed as a fast-growing variety by a group of Canadian public university scientists, and regulatory approval was asked for the past two decades. Five years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration deemed the salmon safe. The agency wanted however to ‘get everything right’, said FDA policy analyst Laura Epstein. It makes sense after all, since an unprecedented decision requires unprecedentedly long breath time."
So is anyone ready Salmon on a cedar plank? For me the question is how do you find out if it's a GMO animal? Packaging? Will you waitress know or admit its GMO fish? The craziness continues. FDA SOURCE For Labeling Law As a hint it's non existent.
