date:Apr 26, 2013
for more uniform growth and quality.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has found that the Ros cultivar is a regulated transgenic crop but does not require a biotechnology permit to export the crop to the US.
The transgenic fruit does not have the ability to propagate and persist in the environment once they have been harvested, according to USDA APHIS.
According to Del Monte's submission, pineapples are commercially grown in a monoculture that prevents seed production, as the