Company seeks approval to sell farmed fish that grows twice as fast as Atlantic salmon
Using a gene from a Chinook salmon and DNA from a pout fish, a U.S.-based firm has engineered an Atlantic salmon that grows twice as fast as farmed salmon, and it’s headed to your dinner plate.
The Center for Veterinary Medicine of the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to discuss and decide whether to approve the fish, which has been in development by Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc. for nearly 15 years.
If it is approved, it will be the first genetically altered animal sold as food to people.
Ron Stotish, CEO and president of Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc., says the initial review by the FDA was favourable. Read more…
