You Got Genetic Engineered Fish in My Dish!

If the thought of digging into a fresh fillet of spliced salmon is enough to put a damper on your appetite, you may want to start paying closer attention to the labeling. The FDA is strongly considering approving the sale of genetically engineered salmon for general human consumption. An aye from the agency would likely herald a marked shift in how animals are raised and brought to our store shelves in the coming years, dramatically speeding up the growth process and enabling the production of countless “designer” meats. The company behind the super-salmon--Waltham, Massachusetts-based, AquaBounty Technologies--has been pleading its case with the federal government for years, asserting that the farming of “designer” salmon does not pose any significant health or environmental risks. AquaBounty’s product is a strain of Atlantic salmon equipped with a growth hormone gene from the Chinook salmon and an “on-switch” from a fish called the ocean pout ...