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Will Gene-Edited Food Be Government Regulated?

By NPR News May 10, 2019

Companies are using new gene-editing tools to alter the DNA of food crops. One of these products is a soybean with a healthier kind of oil. CREDIT: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

If you just take a snippet out of a gene without inserting anything new, though, the product falls into a gray area. The European Union has decided that it's still a GMO. The U.S., however, says it's not. In fact, you may not need explicit government approval to sell that product.Read More

Genetically Engineered Salmon Swim Closer To Store Shelves, Concerning Tribes And Food Groups

By Courtney Flatt March 13, 2019

By engineering a regular Atlantic salmon, front, with a chinook gene that instructs growth hormones, AquaBounty can produce a faster-growing genetically modified salmon, back. Here's a comparison of the two at the same age. AquaBounty Technologies

Genetically engineered salmon are one step closer to winding up on store shelves, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lifted an import ban. It’s a move that’s concerning to tribes, food groups and environmentalists.Read More

Study: People Strongly Against GMOs Had Shakier Understanding Of Food Science

By NPR News January 26, 2019

Genetically modified foods, like certain apple varieties, are widely considered by scientists to be safe. CREDIT: Jonathan Ahl/Harvest Public Media

People who most intensely oppose genetically modified food think they know a lot about food science, but actually know the least, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in January in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.Read More