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FDA releases draft amended environmental assessment for AquAdvantage salmon and sets virtual public meeting

By News Desk on November 17, 2022

It was not exactly a do-over, but a federal court did order the Food and Drug Administration to do additional analysis and reconsider its “no effect” determination from 2015 for the AquaBounty salmon.

The FDA…

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Letter from the Editor: For all those with a fondness for big salmon

By Dan Flynn on January 20, 2022
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North of Seattle In Snohomish County, WA, growth was enormous during the past three decades. Please don’t ask me to re-trace our steps, but back in the day, we’d travel the backroads…
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Ohio gets $200 million investment in genetically engineered salmon

By News Desk on August 4, 2021

AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon owners this week announced the details of a $200 million expansion.

It has chosen Ohio for its next aquaculture farm location, where it expects to produce 10,000 metric tons of AquaBounty…
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Not ready to eat GMO animals? Then you might not want to order the salmon

By Thomas Gremillion on June 9, 2021
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Recently, I did something I had not done in a long time. I ate in a restaurant with my family. Actually, we ate on the outdoor patio, since my kids are too young to…
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Judge orders FDA to analyze risks of escape by genetically engineered salmon

By News Desk on November 6, 2020

Weeks ago, San Francisco JudgeVincent Chhabria signaled his doubts about AquaBounty’s plans to breed its “AquAdvantage” genetic salmon.   And an environmental assessment by the Food and Drug Association used to permit the new breed …
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AquaBounty salmon is what’s for dinner if you can find it

By Dan Flynn on September 4, 2020

Food is going to be coming out of the laboratory in the near future, but if it’s not embraced by the retail distribution chain, it might have a short existence.  

That’s the strategy environmental groups…
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GE Salmon Company Fined Over Permit Problems in Panama

By News Desk on October 31, 2014

The government of Panama has revealed that, in July of this year, it levied a fine on AquaBounty Technologies, the Massachusetts-based company seeking government approval to bring the first genetically modified salmon to market in…
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Kroger, Safeway Will Nix GMO Salmon Regardless of FDA Decision

By News Desk on March 4, 2014

Kroger and Safeway, the largest retail grocery companies in the U.S., have reportedly agreed not to sell genetically modified salmon. The decision was released Monday by a coalition of food safety, consumer, health and fishing…
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Citing Food Safety, Consumer Groups Petition FDA on GE Salmon

By Helena Bottemiller on February 8, 2012

Consumer groups formally petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to switch gears and evaluate genetically engineered (GE) salmon as a food additive, not a veterinary drug, as the agency has been for several…

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Senate to Hold Hearing on GE Salmon

By News Desk on December 14, 2011

Tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 15) at 10:30 a.m. the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard is holding a hearing to examine potential environmental risks of genetically engineered (GE) fish. 

The hearing will examine…

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