The Frankenfish should be a wake-up call

Last month at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Cooking for Solutions Conference , the emergence of genetically modified salmon on the US market was a matter of great debate. After three days of listening to speakers and chatting with colleagues, what stood out most to me was that we have a major disconnect when it comes to informing the public in this country, with companies touting “innovation” on one hand, environmentalists crying foul on the other, and consumers in the middle with no one–certainly not the government–looking out for them, or giving them honest, unbiased information.

In other words, hey, FDA, if genetically modified salmon is perfectly safe for human consumption, why can’t I know which salmon are genetically modified? The answer, of course, is that the genetically modified salmon people would probably have to worry about their business model if they had a big GMO label slapped on their product, but why should their business be more worth protecting than the public’s rights, or the environment? Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers