We Need More Research On Genetically Altered Salmon Says FDA Advisory Panel

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A panel of experts that advises the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided on Monday more research was needed before it could vote on whether to recommend approval to allow genetically modified salmon to be bred for human consumption in the US.

An analysis by FDA staff that was released prior to the meeting had concluded that the AquAdvantage salmon from AquaBounty Technologies of Waltham, Massachusetts, was as safe to eat as conventional Atlantic salmon and posed little risk to the environment, reports the Wall Street Journal.

However on reviewing the available evidence, the FDA's Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee did not vote on the issue but instead offered a series of recommendations calling for more evidence, for instance on whether the genetically altered fish might provoke allergic reactions and other health problems in consumers, said a report in the Los Angeles Times.

If approved, the AquAdvantage salmon would be the first genetically altered food animal to be consumed in the US.

Panel member Dr James McKean, a veterinarian and professor at Iowa State University told the LA Times that there were "questions that have not been answered by the data that has been presented".

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1. "Yay" - Human Beings for Clean Food*

*..and opposed to mutant-corporate pervo food-facsimile alleged 'nutritional' 'product' chemo crapola.

"Give us fish, and nothing but fish. You can take your mutant-corporate faux sea creature crud and stuff it where the Sun don't shine."

- Human Beings for Clean Food