FDA allows genetically engineered 'Frankenfish' salmon to be imported to US
Source: CNN
FDA allows genetically engineered 'Frankenfish' salmon to be imported to US
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Updated 2118 GMT (0518 HKT) March 8, 2019
Washington (CNN) — Americans are one step closer to seeing genetically modified salmon at their grocery stores.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it is lifting an import alert that stopped genetically engineered salmon from entering the US.
The salmon, called "Frankenfish" by some, won FDA approval in 2015 -- the first approval of a genetically engineered animal intended for food. The FDA, after years of review, had deemed food from the AquaAdvantage Salmon safe to eat in 2015 and said there is no biological difference between these salmon and nongenetically engineered salmon.
But Congress blocked the FDA in 2016 from allowing the fish to be sold in the US until it finalized labeling guidelines to inform consumers the product was genetically engineered. The FDA then went ahead and implemented the import alert.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/08/politics/fda-approves-sale-genetically-engineered-salmon/index.html
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Related: Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on continued efforts to advance safe biotechnology innovations, and the deactivation of an import alert on genetically engineered salmon (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)