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    US to decide whether genetically altered salmon is safe to consume

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    Date
    September 2, 2010
    Author
    Reuters
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    BW20100902_S1/3
    Excerpt
    US health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers’ dinner plates. The fish, made by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc, is manipulated to grow twice as fast as traditional Atlantic salmon, something the company says could boost the nation’s fish sector and reduce pressure on the environment. But consumer advocates and food safety experts are worried that splicing and dicing fish genes may have the opposite effect, leading to more industrial farming and potential escapes into the wild. Side effects from eating such fish are also unknown, with little data to show it is safe, they say.
    Citation
    US to decide whether genetically altered salmon is safe to consume. (2010, September 2). BusinessWorld, p. S1/3.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/8386
    Corporate Names
    Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc. Center for Food Safety Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food & Water Watch
    Personal Names
    Hanson, Jaydee Stotish, Ronald Cufone, Marianne
    Geographic Names
    United States
    Subject
    genetically modified organisms fish consumers hormones biotechnology Scientific personnel technology public health genetics biochemistry overfishing fish culture
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