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2009-02-13 | permalink
Canadian firm hopes to hit market 1st with GMO salmon
Aqua Bounty Farms in Fortune, in eastern P.E.I., has been waiting more than a decade for federal approval in the United States. If the company gets the nod from the Food and Drug Administration, its salmon will be the world’s first on the market. FDA officials visited P.E.I. last fall to get a first-hand look at the facility in Fortune. A spokesperson from FDA wouldn’t tell CBC News much about the application, but when asked how long before the salmon might be approved, the answer was ”soon.”
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2009-02-13 | permalink
Canadian firm hopes to hit market 1st with GMO salmon
Aqua Bounty Farms in Fortune, in eastern P.E.I., has been waiting more than a decade for federal approval in the United States. If the company gets the nod from the Food and Drug Administration, its salmon will be the world’s first on the market. FDA officials visited P.E.I. last fall to get a first-hand look at the facility in Fortune. A spokesperson from FDA wouldn’t tell CBC News much about the application, but when asked how long before the salmon might be approved, the answer was ”soon.”
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