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Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Food companies fight 'genetically modified' label measure

November 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
The companies that make those candy bars leftover from Halloween don’t want Californians to be spooked by scary tales of “Frankenfoods.” The Hershey Co., Nestlé USA and Mars Inc. – makers of such trick-or-treat favorites as Butterfinger, Kit Kat and Snickers bars... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics, Environment

Bills to limit genetically modified fish struggle

August 8, 2012, 12:05 AM
The latest move by politicians to limit or ban the sale of genetically modified fish has been stymied. A U.S. Senate bill, which would have prohibited the sale of genetically engineered salmon unless the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could find the fish would cause no... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Genetically modified salmon can breed with wild salmon

July 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
Transgenic salmon may not be as interested in the opposite sex as their wild, robust counterparts – but they do have enough sex drive to alter natural populations. That’s the conclusion of a team of Canadian scientists who observed the breeding behavior of laboratory-reared,... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Officials worried over safety of genetically altered fish

November 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
The federal government’s safety review of  genetically engineered salmon may be faulty, misinformed and in violation of its own laws, according to a flurry of documents released by a watchdog group in recent weeks. Although a final decision has not yet been made, the FDA announced... + read more
FDA set to approve genetically engineered salmon.
Daily Report: Environment

Can California import genetically engineered – but dead – salmon?

September 27, 2010, 12:05 AM
The FDA has announced it is set to approve genetically engineered salmon for consumption. A New Jersey congressman is urging the federal government to reconsider the likely approval of genetically engineered salmon. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration noted that the agency will... + read more
Genetically engineered salmon may soon be on supermarket shelves near you.
Daily Report: Environment

FDA set to approve genetically engineered salmon

September 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
The Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve the nation’s first genetically engineered animal designed to be eaten by people. Next weekend the FDA will kick off a three-day meeting in which an agency-appointed panel of scientists and experts will discuss and listen to public... + read more
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