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Obama administration approves world's first browning-resistant apple as biotech food wars heat up again
By David Martosko
13 February 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved what promises to be be the first commercialized biotech apple, a fruit that resists browning after it's been cut open or bruised.
The Obama administration's decision came as a surprise to many since the USDA rejected efforts by the organic industry and other critics of genetically modified plants – including environmental groups – to block the new fruit from the consumer marketplace.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service approved the planting of two GMO varieties grown by the Canadian company Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. on Friday.
The company triumphantly distributed a 30-second time lapse video that shows its new product alongside an ordinary apple as 24 hours tick by. One half-apple turns brown. The other remains yellow and appetizing.
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By David Martosko
13 February 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved what promises to be be the first commercialized biotech apple, a fruit that resists browning after it's been cut open or bruised.
The Obama administration's decision came as a surprise to many since the USDA rejected efforts by the organic industry and other critics of genetically modified plants – including environmental groups – to block the new fruit from the consumer marketplace.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service approved the planting of two GMO varieties grown by the Canadian company Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. on Friday.
The company triumphantly distributed a 30-second time lapse video that shows its new product alongside an ordinary apple as 24 hours tick by. One half-apple turns brown. The other remains yellow and appetizing.
Continued...
