FDA PRELIMINARY DRAFT ON GMO SALMON

Submitted to Shelton Blog by John H. and Liz E. Mason County Progressive

  

Excerpt from:

FDA APPEARS READY TO APPROVE

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON 
By Al B.

The FDA released a report on Friday that seems to point to it’s clearing genetically altered salmon to be sold to the public. The report, at the link below, is usually the final chapter, needed prior to approval. The only hurdle left is for the FDA to get public feedback on the proposal.

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/GeneticEngineering/GeneticallyEngineeredAnimals/ucm280853.htm
 
This is another distressing move by the Obama administration, all of them, slated to come out just after the election. There is widespread negative feedback from the fishing, environmental and food safety communities to stop this approval. The company in question apparently is not doing well financially. But there doesn’t seem to be much that the Obama administration would do to say no to jobs.

If you feel like acting on this, there are many groups gathering signatures, or you can write the FDA directly. 

Link to complete article:
http://olyopen.net/2012/12/23/fda-appears-ready-to-approve-genetically-engineered-salmon-various-sources/

SHELTON BLOG NOTE:

Link to sign petition to tell FDA to not approve GE salmon: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9138

Link to Label GMO Foods in Washington State website:
www.labelitwa.org

Links to previous related posts:  

http://masoncountyprogressive.blogspot.com/2012/09/yes-on-i-522-its-our-right-to-know.html

http://masoncountyprogressive.blogspot.com/2012/10/genetic-roulette.html

http://masoncountyprogressive.blogspot.com/2012/10/vote-yes-on-wa-i-522-to-label-gmo-food.html

http://masoncountyprogressive.blogspot.com/2012/11/demand-that-gmo-foods-get-labelled.html

http://masoncountyprogressive.blogspot.com/2012/11/support-wa-i-522-to-label-gmo-foods.html

http://masoncountyprogressive.blogspot.com/2012/12/just-label-it-support-wa-i-522.html