Engineered Fish Moves a Step Closer to Approval The New York Times 12/22/2012 A2 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/business/gene-altered-fish-moves-closer-to-federal-approval.html?nl=todaysheadlines&adxnnl=1&emc=edit_th_20121222&adxnnlx=1356285808-kcOITk6oIuPH5wzwSrDRuQ
[Excerpted] The Food and Drug Administration said it had concluded that the salmon would have “no significant impact” on the environment. The agency also said the salmon was “as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon.” While the agency’s draft environmental assessment will be open to public comment for 60 days, it seems likely that the salmon will be approved, though that could still be months away.The G.E. salmon has no socially redeeming value,” Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety, a Washington advocacy group opposed to farm biotechnology, said in a statement. “It’s bad for the consumer, bad for the salmon industry and bad for the environment. F.D.A.’s decision is premature and misguided.”
But the decision was long in coming. AquaBounty Technologies, the
company that developed the salmon, has been trying to win approval for
more than a decade.
The AquAdvantage salmon, as it is called, is an Atlantic salmon that contains a growth hormone
gene from the Chinook salmon and a genetic switch from the ocean pout,
an eel-like creature. The switch keeps the gene on so that the salmon
produces growth hormone year round, rather than only during warm
weather. The fish reach market weight in about 18 months instead of
three years....
read entire article linked above and consider what will happen to the animals eating this fish...
read entire article linked above and consider what will happen to the animals eating this fish...
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