date:Apr 16, 2013
our customers, the retailers and consumers accept it, as it helps to keep down the cost of feed, said Husa.
The perceived rejection of GM ingredients fed to farmed fish in Europe is very much driven by retailers, Husa said. Even though they accept other animal proteins such as poultry, pig and beef fed with GM soya!
Not all retailers are against GM ingredients being fed to the farmed fish they sell. The fisheries manager of one major British supermarket said fish fed GM feed is acceptable as