Genetically Engineered Farm Animals and the FDA
The government said it will start considering proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as food, a move that could lead to faster growing fish, cattle that can resist mad cow disease, or perhaps heart-healthier eggs laid by a new breed of chicken. The Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed legal framework for how it would resolve such questions as whether the altered animals are safe for human consumption and pose no serious environmental risks. FDA officials said they are focusing on animals that will be used as food, or to produce medications that would then be consumed by people or other animals. Dallas Morning News Ok, that's bad enough from my point of view. But then you get this. ... the FDA does not plan to require in all cases that genetically engineered meat, poultry and fish be labeled as such for consumers. "They are talking about pigs that are going to have mouse genes in them, and this is not going to be labeled?" said Jean Halloran, director o