Despite strong public opposition, and no documented demand, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to be drawing closer to approving the first food product from a genetically engineered ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in November 2015 that it had approved genetically engineered (GE) salmon for human consumption—the first such approval for a GE animal. Further, the ...

“We suggest that interspecific hybridization be explicitly considered when assessing the environmental consequences should transgenic animals escape to nature ... the biotech company that makes the GM ...

If approved it would be the first genetically modified animal permitted by the food safety agency. A company, AquAdvantage Salmon, has injected growth hormones into Atlantic salmon that enable the ...

The AquAdvantage salmon is the first of its kind — a genetically modified animal that's FDA-approved for human consumption. "The FDA determined that food from AquAdvantage Salmon is as safe to ...

That is, if litigation doesn’t stand in the way. AquaBounty’s salmon, touted for its abnormally high growth rate, marks the first time the FDA has allowed a genetically modified animal to be raised ...

The potential risks of genetically modified fish ... The transgenic salmon are currently being assessed by the US authorities, and could be the first GM animals to be approved for human consumption.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved AquAdvantage Salmon as the first genetically modified food from animals, the agency said in a statement. The agency also issued guidance ...