Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 3/12/19


Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (left) says USDA's bioengineered labels aren't clear enough for GMO salmon. More than three years after FDA approved genetically engineered salmon as safe for human consumption, it looks like the product might be headed to market….FDA announced it’s dropping an import alert that had banned GE salmon and salmon eggs from entering the U.S. since 2016. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who backed a spending bill provision blocking the fish from entering commerce until FDA finalized labeling guidelines to inform consumers the product was genetically modified, slammed the agency’s decision as “wrong-headed.”

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