date:Jan 05, 2013
tist with Consumers Union. Further, there have been no safety testing of fish grown in Panama, where Aquabounty intends to raise the salmon. The health and safety of fish can be affected by growing conditions.
Massachusetts-based firm AquaBounty has been waiting for FDA approval before it can begin producing engineered salmon for the general market.
In a statement, Hansen noted that the FDA bases a lot of its assessment on the assertion that the engineered salmon will be sterile females.
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