Bill to Require Labeling on all Genetically Modified Fish Sold in California

May 6th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

California will require labels on GM salmon

Earlier this week, California’s Assembly Health Committee approved a bill requiring all genetically modified fish sold in the state of California to be blatantly labeled as such. The decision comes as a result of the FDA’s review of genetically modified salmon, which would be the first-ever GM animal flesh deregulated and commercially sold for human consumption.

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FDA Approval of GMO Salmon Expected

February 7th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger

GM salmon set to be approved by the FDA in the near future

The FDA is expected to approve the first genetically modified (GM) food animal for human consumption in the U.S. in the very near future, but that hasn’t stopped Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Mark Begich (D-AK) from reintroducing a bill to ban the controversial GM salmon.

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