In a recent bold move, the FDA in the US stream-lined the normally lengthy approval process for gene-edited animals for Recombinetics’ beef cattle, granting it a ‘low-risk determination,’ the first intentional genomically altered animal to receive this status. What this means is that in as little as two years, Americans could be grilling their first genetically modified steaks on their BBQs. The FDA, of course, said the frankenbeef doesn’t raise any safety concerns because the gene-edited cattle don’t have any genome alterations that aren’t found in other species of cow. While theoretically this may be true (or what was intended), …read more
Source: Sott health news feed
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