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The FDA approved AquaBounty’s GMO salmon this week, after months and years of contentious opposition from consumer advocate and food safety groups. This is the first genetically engineered animal to be sold for food in the United States. The problems with this product range from “lost” eggs and fish to violation of environmental regulations and … Read more
Food & Water Watch has called on the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to reject the stock registration filings of AquaBounty Technologies (ABTX), the maker of genetically engineered salmon, based on “misleading and erroneous claims the company is making in its attempt to join the NASDAQ stock exchange,” according to a letter sent to the SEC. … Read more
The Center for Food Safety has released information about a risk assessment conducted in Canada that finds GMO salmon are susceptible to disease. The environmental review of AquaBounty Technologies’ GE salmon reveals that the Canadian government disagrees with the FDA on key questions about the safety and performance of the salmon. Food & Water Watch, … Read more
Food & Water Watch and Center for Food Safety have again asked the FDA to deny AquaBounty Technologies’ application for genetically engineered salmon. New evidence from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows that the company previously handed over responsibility for most safety at its Panamanian facility – including regulatory compliance – to an independent … Read more
Officials in Panama have fined AquaBounty Technologies $9,500, stating the facility is operating in violation of environmental regulations as it experiments with genetically engineered (GE) salmon. Food safety advocates such as Center for Food Safety and Friends of the Earth have ask the FDA to terminate its regulatory review of AquaBounty’s facility and deny the company’s … Read more
Food & Water Watch is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the FDA to stop AquaBounty’s “campaign of misinformation” on its GMO salmon. That agency states there is misleading information in AquaBounty Technologies’ newest regulatory filings with the SEC, including that the genetically engineered salmon will not require a label. The FDA … Read more
Food & Water Watch is asking the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to make AquaBounty Technologies, the producer of genetically engineered salmon, tell investors about the risks of its product. Aquabounty’s SEC filing “misrepresents the market barriers, regulatory hurdles, and financial prospects facing its sole product, GE salmon,” according to the agency. Executive Director Wenonah Hauter … Read more
An amendment to the FY 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill introduced passed in the Senate Appropriations Committee last week. It would require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) salmon. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is the originator of the amendment, and Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) is the sponsor. This is the second year the Committee has passed a GE fish … Read more
Food & Water Watch is criticizing the FDA for weakening the public process on approval of GMO animals. The agency is disbanding the Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee (VMAC), which peer reviews FDA’s risk analysis of genetically modified animals. The scientists on that committee were very critical of AquaBounty’s GMO salmon, telling the FDA there was … Read more
Kroger and Safeway, two of the nation’s largest grocery store chains, have joined the growing list of companies pledging not to carry genetically engineered (GE) salmon if it receives approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to consumer group Friends of the Earth. Kroger, with almost 2,500 stores nationwide, and Safeway, which … Read more