Frankenfish Debate Continues
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in News, fish in the news, genetically modified fish, save our wild salmon

The FDA has finally started hearings on whether to approve Aqua Bounty Technologies genetically modified salmon for human consumption. After two days of hearings, the 11-member FDA panel reached a surprising conclusion: that they do not yet have sufficient data to determine that a genetic modification that enables salmon to grow twice as quickly is safe for the affected fish or for consumers.

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In addition, the FDA held a public hearing yesterday on whether the salmon should be labeled as genetically modified.

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