US Food and Drug Administration faces opposition over frankenfish

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing serious opposition over the GM salmon created by Aquabounty Technologies, a group of Senators are asking the FDA to cease its consideration of this fish as food, and they are threatening to pull funding for the study if the FDA does not comply with requests.

The Senators all from coastal states where fishing is thriving like Alaska, Oregon and Washington has stated that they will not support this creation, they also said that it could kill jobs and interfere with the fishing farming industry. "I just don't see a reason from a fundamental standpoint why we have to start manufacturing 'Frankenfish' when we have incredible fisheries that employ thousands of people," said Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska). Read more ...

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