First Ever Genetically-Modified Animal For Consumption?

…Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. has engineered and bred more than ten generations of AquAdvantage, a super-fast growing GE salmon.

The photograph above shows an AquAdvantage salmon in the background contrasted against a regular Atlantic salmon sibling of the same age.

The FDA this spring completed a finalized version of an environmental assessment report on the fish, and the document made its rounds through inter-agency review, clearing the way for a final decision on its commercialization. The final environmental assessment has so far been undisclosed to the public…

Read the full article at TPM Idea Lab.


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