EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
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Salmon
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A cow
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A fish
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Detailed explanation-1: -In November 2015, the FDA of the USA approved the AquAdvantage salmon created by AquaBounty for commercial production, sale and consumption. It is the first genetically modified animal to be approved for human consumption.
Detailed explanation-2: -2005: GMO alfalfa and sugar beets are available for sale in the United States. 2015: FDA approves an application for the first genetic modification in an animal for use as food, a genetically engineered salmon.
Detailed explanation-3: -Significance. AquAdvantage salmon were the first genetically engineered animals approved for human consumption in the United States and Canada. This approval has been subject to much controversy.
Detailed explanation-4: -AquAdvantage Salmon has been genetically engineered to reach a growth marker important to the aquaculture industry more rapidly than its non-GE Atlantic salmon counterpart.
Detailed explanation-5: -The first Indian transgenic fish was generated in MKU in 1991 using borrowed constructs. Scientist in India has developed experimental transgenic of rohu fish, zebra fish, catfish and singhi fish.