FDA Throws Canadian Salmon Industry Under the Bus with Failure to Mandate GMO labeling of Salmon
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Editor’s View] November 20, 2015
The FDA just threw the Canadian farmed salmon industry under the bus.
The FDA approved the sale of Aquabounty’s genetically engineered Atlantic salmon, and declared that the food was safe to eat, and that its edibility and nutritional characteristics were no different than any other Atlantic Salmon.
This is in fact supported by scientific research.
But the FDA received over 30,000 comments regarding whether such genetically engineered salmon should require a label. The overwhelming majority of the comments asked that if the product was approved, that it also be labeled to prevent consumer confusion...
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