IT'S ONE BIG LEAP FOR GM SALMON
IT GROWS TWICE NORMAL RATE
A Monster salmon designed to grow at twice the normal rate is set to become the first genetically modified animal approved for eating.
Food regulators in the state are considering whether the product called Aqu Advantage salmon is fit to eat and safe for the environment. They have signed off five of the seven criteria. The fish contains a growth hormone that would make i ready for sale in 18 months rather than the usal three years. But the fish would need EU approval to make it into British supermarkets.
Aqua-bounty. The Massachusetts company behind the fish, insists it is safe and hoping for approval within months. Cheif executive sottish said the fish would be no bigger than normal, simply grown half the time. He said " you don't get salmon the size of the Hindenburg. You get to those target weights in a shorter time"
Aqua-bounty would sell fish eggs to fish farms. They would be bred sterile to prevent them getting into the wild and breeding with native salmon.
It poses far too great a risk to wild salmon. A fish that grows so quickly is also likely to lose some of the nutritional benefits. There is no such thing as a free salmon lunch and we will pay the price. Even if given the green light, it would take two or three years to hit the supermarkets. The EU has approved only two GM products since 1998 a potato engineered for starch production and an insect-resistant maize
IT GROWS TWICE NORMAL RATE
A Monster salmon designed to grow at twice the normal rate is set to become the first genetically modified animal approved for eating.
Food regulators in the state are considering whether the product called Aqu Advantage salmon is fit to eat and safe for the environment. They have signed off five of the seven criteria. The fish contains a growth hormone that would make i ready for sale in 18 months rather than the usal three years. But the fish would need EU approval to make it into British supermarkets.
Aqua-bounty. The Massachusetts company behind the fish, insists it is safe and hoping for approval within months. Cheif executive sottish said the fish would be no bigger than normal, simply grown half the time. He said " you don't get salmon the size of the Hindenburg. You get to those target weights in a shorter time"
Aqua-bounty would sell fish eggs to fish farms. They would be bred sterile to prevent them getting into the wild and breeding with native salmon.
It poses far too great a risk to wild salmon. A fish that grows so quickly is also likely to lose some of the nutritional benefits. There is no such thing as a free salmon lunch and we will pay the price. Even if given the green light, it would take two or three years to hit the supermarkets. The EU has approved only two GM products since 1998 a potato engineered for starch production and an insect-resistant maize
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